Articulate

Definition: Articulate

Articulate

Adjective

1. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; "articulate speech"; "an articulate orator"; "articulate beings".

2. Consisting of segments held together by joints.

Verb

1. Provide with a joint, as of two pieces of wood.

2. Put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees".

3. Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?".

4. Express or state clearly.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "articulate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Science

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Synonyms: Articulate

Voice

Vocalization; cry; strain, utterance, prolation; exclamation, ejaculation, vociferation, ecphonesis; enunciation, articulation; articulate sound, distinctness; clearness, of articulation; stage whisper; delivery.

Verb: utter, breathe; give utterance, give tongue; cry; (shout); ejaculate, rap out; vocalize, prolate, articulate, enunciate, pronounce, accentuate, aspirate, deliver, mouth; whisper in the ear.

Adjective: vocal, phonetic, oral; ejaculatory, articulate, distinct, stertorous; euphonious; (melodious).

Crosswords: Articulate

Books

• Articulate Silences: Hisaye Yamamoto, Maxine Hong Kingston, Joy Kogawa (Reading Women Writing) (reference)

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High Tech

• Fellowes Full Articulate Keyboard Manage Gliding Mouse Tray & Gel Wrist Rest (reference)

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His voice was shrill, but very clear and articulate, and I could distinctly hear it when I stood up.

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Health

Moreover, restrictive regulations could stifle innovation that may enhance functioning and quality of life for residents with ADRD, their families, and staff caregivers (Ory, 1995). As the concept of specialized care moves into other community-based settings such as adult daycare centers and assisted living, it becomes increasingly important to be able to define what makes special care "special," and to articulate the effect associated with different types of specialized dementia care across the entire continuum of care settings. (references)

Economic History

South Korea

Nevertheless, an active and articulate minority of students, intellectuals, clergy, and others remained critical of the Chun government and demonstrated against it. (references)

Hong Kong

On the international front, Hong Kong is an active member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, where it is an articulate and effective champion of free markets and reduction of trade barriers. (references)

Guinea

On average, employers must contribute 18% of the value of the employees' salary toward social security, with an employee contribution of 5%. The labor code outlines general guidelines related to health and safety, but the GOG has yet to articulate a set of practical occupational standards. (references)

Human Rights

Kenya

As a result, poor persons may be convicted for lack of an articulate defense. (references)

Political Economy

Japan

Handsome, frank and articulate, Koizumi garnered overwhelming public support by promising to undertake thoroughgoing reforms of Japan's economy and political system. (references)

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Expression using "articulate": articulate account of the events. Additional references.

Albanian

nyjëtoj, nyjëtohem, lidh (associate, bend, bind, buckle, bundle, colligate, concatenate, connect, couple, do up, dress, enfetter, fasten, glue, hitch, hook up, interconnect, join, joint, lace, ligate, link, moor, regard, relate, respect, solder, splice, string, switch on, tie, tie down, truss, unite), i qartë (apparent, candid, clear, clear-cut, definite, distinct, evident, explicit, express, fair, formal, Frank, in focus, legible, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, neat, obvious, open and shut, palpable, patent, perspicuous, plain, readable, self evident, serene, simple, tangible, unambiguous, unequivocal, visible, well-defined, well-marked), i nyjëtuar (nodular, nodulated, nodulose, nodulous), i lidhur (associated, attached, bound, cohesive, communicating, conjoint, conjunct, connected, coupled, husky, joining, linked, related, relevant, stocky, strung, tied, tying), bëj i qartë (get over). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ممفصل, ‏ملفوظ بوضوح, ‏لفظ (articulation, discharge, eject, ejection, emission, emit, enunciate, enunciation, expel, pronounce, pronunciation, say, spit, vocalization, vocalize), ‏تكلم بوضوح, ‏بين (amidst, among, between, bring to light, broad, distinct, elucidate, evident, explicit, express, indicate, inter alia, midst, obvious, ostensible, overt, seeming, self evident, set forth, show, through, unequivocal). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ясен (ash, ash-tree, bright, clean-cut, clear, coherent, crystal, distinct, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, matter of course, neat, obvious, pellucid, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, readable, robust, serene, sharp, silver, silvery, Square, straight, straightaway, straightforward, tangible, transparent, unambiguous, unshadowed, vivid), учленявам, свързвам се със става, свързвам подвижно, свързвам (ally, associate, bandage, bond, brace, bracket, catenate, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, conjugate, construe, couple, gather, interconnect, join, knot, lash, link, marry, mate, pack, piece out, piece together, put through, run on, truss, weld), членоразделен, шарнирен, произнасям (enounce, enunciate, pass, pronounce, sound, syllable, utter, vocalize), изразявам (carve, clothe, conceive, convey, couch, express, import, phrase, put, render, signify), давам израз на (vent, voice). (various references)

Chinese 

明确表达 (Articulated, Articulating). (various references)

Czech

artikulovat (enunciate), zřetelný (audible, broad, clear, conspicuous, distinct, distinctive, marked, obvious, perspicuous, plain, pronounced), vyložit (deposit, discharge, display, elucidate, explain, expound, hold up, interpret, lay out, put out, unfold, unload), kloubový, èlenitý (ragged), èlenit. (various references)

Danish

saettevognskobling (articulate coupling, coupling attachment, fifth wheel coupling). (various references)

Dutch

articuleren, <door een mechanisme verbinden>. (various references)

Esperanto

artikigi, artiki. (various references)

Farsi 

مفصل دارکردن , ماهردرصحبت , شمرده سخن گفتن , بندبند. (various references)

Finnish

niveltää, ääntää (pronounce), äännellä (utter sounds). (various references)

French

articuler. (various references)

German

artikulieren (enunciate, mouth, phrase), deutlich aussprechen, artikuliere. (various references)

Greek 

έναρθρος, ευκρινήσ (distinct, perspicuous), ευκρινής (lucid), αρθρώ (utter). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחתוך בשפתיו, להוציא מפיו (utter), להגות (growl, meditate, murmur, pronounce, speak, utter, vocalize), לבטא כהלכה. (various references)

Hungarian

tagolt (articulation). (various references)

Indonesian

mengartikulasikan, galir (agile, fluent, glib, nimble, spry), bersambung. (various references)

Italian

articolato (articulated, articulates), articolare (articular, articulated, be divided, subdivide, utter), scandire (pronounce, scan, stress), pronunciare distintamente, eloquente (eloquent, fluent, impassioned, significant), distinto (articulately, clear, discrete, distinct, distinguished, distinguishing, explicit, genteel, lucid, obvious, plain, separate), chiaro (apparent, blond, bright, broad, clean-cut, clear, clearly, downright, emphatic, evident, explicit, express, fair, frankly, intelligible, light, lucid, obvious, overt, pale, perspicuous, plain, pure, sharp, sheer, straightforward, vivid). (various references)

Korean 

분명히 말하십시요. (various references)

Manx

oltagh (articular, hospitable, jointed, limbed), jesh-loayrtagh (fair-spoken, silver-tongued), gra (express, phrase, say, state), glick (canny, clever, foxy; hollows, foxy; hollows of the hand, politic, smart, sophisticated), fockley (articulation, express, mouth, pronounce, utter, utterance, vocalization, vocalize), flaaoil (circumfluent, eloquent, flowing of speech, fluent, fluid). (various references)

Pig Latin

articulateay.(various references)

Portuguese

articular (article, articular, enunciate, hinge, join, pronounce, vocalize). (various references)

Romanian

articulat (clear, jointed), articula (say), rostit clar, rosti clar, pronunţa (deliver, form, give, give forth, pass, pronounce, say, sound, speak, spell, utter, vocalize), logic (judicious, logical, logically, sensible, sound, soundly, well advised), lega prin articulaţii, clar (apparent, apparently, banner, bright, broad, clean, clear, clear-cut, clearly, comprehensible, decided, definite, distinct, distinctly, evident, explicit, express, fair, flat, formal, Frank, incisive, legible, level headed, lightsome, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, obviously, palpable, patently, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, plainly, precise, pure, serene, simple, sound, tangible, terse, unequivocal, unmistakable). (various references)

Russian 

ясный (clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, definite, direct, distinct, fine, lucid, matter of course, obvious, pellucid, perspicuous, pronounced, self-explanatory, unshadowed, vivid), членораздельный, формулировать ясный, шарнирный (swivel), произносить (enounce, enunciate, utter). (various references)

Scottish

canntaireachd (articulate music). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

artikulisati, sposoban da govori, jasno izražen, jasno govoriti, izgovoriti (lip, pronounce, say out, state). (various references)

Spanish

articulado (articles, collapsible, jointed). (various references)

Swedish

artikulerad, artikulera (articulation, enunciate, vocalize), uttala tydligt, tydlig (apparent, clear, direct, distinct, distinguishable, emphatic, evident, explicit, express, fair, legible, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, patent, perspicuous, plain, pronounced, sharp, simple, unmistakable, visible), leda (beacon, boredom, boss, captain, channel, conduct, convey, direct, disgust, ennui, fugle, go, govern, guide, lead, loathing, open, operate, pilot, route, take, tedium, wheel), framsäga (pronounce, recite). (various references)

Thai

เชื่อมต่อ (join on), พูดเสียงดังชัดเจน, ชัดเจน (apparent, apparently, bold, clean-cut, clear, lively, luculent, obvious, tangible), สามารถพูดได้, สื่อสาร, ที่มีส่วนเชื่อมต่อ. (various references)

Turkish

açıkça söylemek (avow, make no secret of, profess, speak out), açıkça belirtilmiş, açık seçik belirtmek, açık (aboveground, apparent, avowed, bare, blank, broad, candid, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, confessed, decided, declared, decollete, deficiency, deficient, deficient amount, deficit, definite, definitive, direct, distinct, downright, evident, expansive, explicit, exposed, express, expressly, fair, forthright, free, gaping, hospitable, in blank, light, loose, lucent, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, open air, open ended, outdoor, outright, overt, pale, patent, perspicuous, plain, point blank, precise, raw, revealing, round, serene, shadowless, shirt-sleeve, shortage, shortfall, spread, Square, straightforward, swinging, translucent, unambiguous, unashamed, unclouded, uncomplicated, unconcealed, uncovered, uncrossed, undisguised, unequivocal, unlocked, unmistakable, unobstructed, unprotected, unsealed, upfront, vacant, visible, well-marked, wide open, wishywashy), telaffuz etmek, tane tane söylenmiş, tane tane söylemek (chop one's words, mouth), konuşkan (chatty, communicative, conversational, forthcoming, Gabby, garrulous, glib, gushy, loquacious, talkative, talky, vocal, voluble), kolay anlaşılan, hecelemek (spell, spell out, syllabicate, syllabify, syllabize, syllable), eklemli (articulated, jointed), eklemlerle birleştirmek, düşüncelerini kolay ifade edebilen. (various references)

Ukrainian

ясний (categorical, clean-cut, clear, cloudless, coherent, definite, determinate, distinct, elegant, explicative, explicatory, fine, limpid, lucid, neat, nude, obvious, orotund, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, robust, trenchant), статутний, чіткий (clear-cut, coherent, crisp, neat, orotund, plucky, precise, vivid, well-defined), членороздільний, членистий, шарнірний (jointed), колінчастий (angular, cranked, kneed, toggle), виразний (appellative, apt, audible, bold, clear, concise, eloquent, emphatic, emphatical, expressional, expressive, impressive, legible, meaningful, nervous, orotund, pronounced, pure, sharp, speaking, talking), виражати ясно, вимовляти виразно (roll out), з'єднуватися (agglutinate, coalesce, come together, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, interlock, join, knit, mix, tie in, unite), з'єднувати (adjoin, agglutinate, aggregate, amalgamate, associate, cement, commingle, compact, compound, concatenate, conflate, conjoin, connect, couple, cumulate, glue, inosculate, interlock, joint, knit, leash, link, merge, piece together, tag, thwack, tie in, twin, unite), артикулювати. (various references)

Vietnamese 

có khớp, có đốt đọc rõ ràng. (various references)

Welsh

cynanu (pronounce), cymalu. (various references)

articulo, eloquens, eloquentia. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "articulate": articulated, articulately, articulateness, articulatenesses, articulates. (additional references)

Words ending with "articulate": disarticulate, inarticulate, misarticulate, overarticulate, particulate, rearticulate. (additional references)

Words containing "articulate": disarticulated, disarticulates, inarticulately, inarticulateness, inarticulatenesses, inarticulates, misarticulated, misarticulates, overarticulated, overarticulates, particulates, rearticulated, rearticulates, unarticulated. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Articulate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: articlutae, articolata, articulare, Articulata, articulite, articulo, articulte, articutate, atriculate, auriculatum. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: cultrate, reticula, tailrace, tractile, urticate.

-3 letters: actuate, arcuate, arietta, article, auricle, cattail, cattier, citrate, clatter, clutter, cuittle, curtail, curtate, lactate, lattice, rattail, recital, tactile, tactual, teacart, tertial, titular, tuatera, tutelar, uralite, utricle.

-4 letters: acetal, actual, acuate, aculei, acuter, aecial, aerial, atelic, atrial, attire, aurate, carate, cartel, cattie, cattle, citral, claret, curate, curiae, curial.

+1 letter: articulated, articulates, matriculate, particulate.

+2 letters: articulately, articulative, inarticulate, matriculated, matriculates, particulates, rearticulate, recapitulate.

+3 letters: acculturative, architectural, disarticulate, inarticulates, misarticulate, rearticulated, rearticulates, recapitulated, recapitulates, ultradistance, unarticulated.

+4 letters: antitubercular, articulateness, disarticulated, disarticulates, inarticulately, misarticulated, misarticulates, multicharacter, overarticulate, rearticulating, recapitulating, recapitulation, rectangularity, ultradistances, ultrarealistic, unattractively.

+5 letters: architecturally, autocorrelation, connaturalities, nonmatriculated, overarticulated, overarticulates, particularities, recapitulations, therapeutically, ultrademocratic.