Articulate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Endowed with the power of speech.
  • adj. Composed of distinct, meaningful syllables or words, as human speech.
  • adj. Expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language: an articulate speaker.
  • adj. Characterized by the use of clear, expressive language: an articulate essay.
  • adj. Anatomy Consisting of sections united by joints; jointed.
  • v. To pronounce distinctly and carefully; enunciate.
  • v. To utter (a speech sound) by making the necessary movements of the speech organs.
  • v. To express in coherent verbal form; give words to: couldn't articulate my fears.
  • v. To fit together into a coherent whole; unify: a plan to articulate nursing programs throughout the state.
  • v. Anatomy To unite by forming a joint or joints.
  • v. Architecture To give visible or concrete expression to (the composition of structural elements): a spare design in which windows and doors are barely articulated.
  • verb-intransitive. To speak clearly and distinctly.
  • verb-intransitive. To utter a speech sound.
  • verb-intransitive. Anatomy To form a joint; be jointed: The thighbone articulates with the bones of the hip.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. clear, effective
  • adj. especially, speaking in a clear or effective manner
  • adj. able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals
  • v. To make clear or effective.
  • v. To speak clearly; to enunciate.
  • v. To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
  • v. To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
  • v. to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
  • v. to form a joint or connect by joints
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
  • adj. Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints.
  • adj. Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables.
  • n. An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
  • verb-intransitive. To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.
  • verb-intransitive. To treat or make terms.
  • verb-intransitive. To join or be connected by articulation.
  • v. To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.
  • v. To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify.
  • v. To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate.
  • v. To express distinctly; to give utterance to.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To joint; unite by means of a joint: as, two pieces loosely articulated together. See articulation, 2.
  • To utter articulately; produce after the manner of human speech.
  • To utter in distinct syllables or words.
  • To formulate or set forth in articles; draw up or state under separate heads.
  • Synonyms and Pronounce, Enunciate, etc. (see utter); speak.
  • To form an articulation (with); connect (with): as, the ulna articulates with the humerus.
  • To utter articulate sounds; utter distinct syllables or words: as, to articulate distinctly.
  • To enter into negotiations; treat; come to or make terms.
  • Jointed; segmented; articulated: as, an articulate limb; an articulate animal.
  • Specifically, having the character of the Articulata.
  • Jointed by syllabic division; divided into distinct successive parts, like joints, by the alternation of opener and closer sounds, or the intervention of consonantal utterances (sometimes also of pause or hiatus) between vowel sounds: said of human speech-utterance, as distinguished from other sounds made by human organs, and from the sounds made by the lower animals.
  • Hence Clear; distinct.
  • Formulated or expressed in articles, or in separate particulars.
  • Consisting of tens: as, articulate numbers.
  • n. One of the Articulata.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
  • adj. consisting of segments held together by joints
  • adj. expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
  • v. unite by forming a joint or joints
  • v. put into words or an expression
  • v. express or state clearly
  • v. provide with a joint
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    unite    connect    link    join    linkup    say    state    tell    furnish    provide   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    labialise    raise    voice    twang    subvocalize    palatalise    accentuate    click    syllabize    round   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    jointed    enunciate    joint    particularize    specify    pronounced    eloquent    well-spoken   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    intelligible    persuasive    forceful    legible    lucid    comprehensible    sane    witty    knowledgeable    readable