articulate
Pronunciation: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jʊ.leɪt/
The English word “articulate” has 15 meanings listed here.
verb
- To make clear or effective.
- To speak clearly; to enunciate.
- To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
- To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
- To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
- To form a joint or connect by joints.
- To treat or make terms.
adjective
- Clear; effective.
- Speaking in a clear and effective manner; having both good articulation and good elocution.
- Consisting of segments united by joints.
- Distinctly marked off.
- Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
- Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.
- Articulated (all senses).
noun
- An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in 1531, the verb in 1551; borrowed from Latin articulātus (“distinct, articulated, jointed”), perfect passive participle of articulō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
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More English words
- articularly
- articulary
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- articulatable
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