English Explanatory Dictionary

articulate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make clear or effective.
  2. To speak clearly; to enunciate.
  3. To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
  4. To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
  5. To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
  6. To form a joint or connect by joints.
  7. To treat or make terms.
adj
  1. Clear; effective.
  2. Speaking in a clear and effective manner; having both good articulation and good elocution.
  3. Consisting of segments united by joints.
  4. Distinctly marked off.
  5. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
  6. Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.
  7. Articulated (all senses).
noun
  1. An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

Pronunciation

ärtĭ'kyəlāt /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jʊ.leɪt/ /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/ en-us-articulate-verb.ogg en-gb-articulate-verb.ogg ärtĭ'kyələt /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jʊ.lət/ /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.lət/ en-us-articulate-adj.ogg en-gb-articulate-adj.ogg

Word forms

articulate articulates articulating articulated more articulate most articulate

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.

Synonyms

eloquent well-spoken

Related words

articulation pseudoarticulated pseudoarticulation inarticulate

Derived words

articulable articulatability articulatable articulative articulator articulatory coarticulate dearticulate disarticulate malarticulate misarticulate overarticulate rearticulate underarticulate exarticulate articulately articulateness biarticulate hyperarticulate inarticulate interarticulate multarticulate multiarticulate octarticulate pluriarticulate prearticulate quadriarticulate semiarticulate sexarticulate subarticulate triarticulate unarticulate uniarticulate
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