Articulate

/ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jʊ.leɪt/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To make clear or effective..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To make clear or effective.
2. (ambitransitive) To speak clearly; to enunciate.
3. (transitive) To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
4. (transitive) To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
5. (music, transitive) To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
6. (anatomy, intransitive) To form a joint or connect by joints.
7. (obsolete) To treat or make terms.
8. Clear; effective.

Example Sentences

I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly.

I like this painting, but I can’t articulate why.

It’s not just that Trump’s voters are articulating the same ideas. They’re framing issues in the same way, pointing to the same boogeymen and even using the same words.

an articulated bus

Articulate that passage heavily.

The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.

Send us to Rome / The best, with whom we may articulate / For their own good and ours.

She’s a bright, articulate young woman.

Synonyms for articulate

Antonyms for articulate

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Word Forms

• articulates
• articulating
• articulated
• more articulate
• most articulate

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