Articulate

Quick meaning: Articulate is a verb meaning (transitive) To make clear or effective.

Meaning

(transitive) To make clear or effective.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

an articulated bus

Articulate that passage heavily.

She’s a bright, articulate young woman.

I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly.

Word Forms

• articulates
• articulating
• articulated

Synonyms for articulate

Depending on context, synonyms include eloquent, well-spoken, facile, joint, enunciate, enounce.

Antonyms for articulate

Common opposites include inarticulate, unarticulate, unarticulated.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include well-spoken, eloquent, speaking, pronounced, enunciate, say.

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