Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Composed of distinct, meaningful syllables or words.
- adjective Expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language.
- adjective Characterized by the use of clear, expressive language.
- adjective Having the power of speech.
- adjective Biology Consisting of sections united by joints; jointed.
- intransitive verb To pronounce distinctly and carefully; enunciate.
- intransitive verb To utter (a speech sound) by making the necessary movements of the speech organs.
- intransitive verb To express in coherent verbal form.
- intransitive verb To fit together into a coherent whole; unify.
- intransitive verb To convert (a student's credits at one school) to credits at another school by comparing the curricula.
- intransitive verb Biology To unite by forming a joint or joints.
- intransitive verb Architecture To give visible or concrete expression to (the composition of structural elements).
- intransitive verb To speak clearly and distinctly.
- intransitive verb To utter a speech sound.
- intransitive verb Biology To form a joint; be jointed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
- noun One of the Articulata.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
- adjective Archaic Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
- adjective Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints.
- adjective Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables.
- intransitive verb To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.
- intransitive verb obsolete To treat or make terms.
- intransitive verb To join or be connected by articulation.
- transitive verb To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.
- transitive verb obsolete To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify.
- transitive verb To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate.
- transitive verb To express distinctly; to give utterance to.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To make clear or effective.
- verb To speak clearly; to
enunciate . - verb To
explain ; to put into words; to make somethingspecific . - verb To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
- verb music to
attack anote , as bytonguing ,slurring ,bowing , etc. - verb anatomy to form a joint or connect by joints
- adjective
clear ,effective - adjective especially,
speaking in a clear or effective manner - adjective able to
bend orhinge at certain points orintervals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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What we have been talking about is how the use of the word articulate is code for a black person who enunciates his words when he speaks.
Quote Of The Day 2009
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I think what the author was trying to articulate is that an encrypted file system would only prove effective if you were in an enterprise environment with mission critical data on the hook.
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Not Geared At Home Users | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Let's face it; the man, while personable and articulate is laboring under the arrogant and false assumption that because so many people like him personally, his inexperience and general clueless won't matter.
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What Epstein fails to articulate is that while Israeli troops have formally pulled out from the Gaza Strip, Israel still controls all supplies that enter and leave the territory.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Telling Interview with the Director of Amnesty Israel 2010
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I, for one, can never make any sense out of what she says, and if articulate is telling outright lies, saying "you betcha", and running sentences together, you need to bone up on the English language.
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What Epstein fails to articulate is that while Israeli troops have formally pulled out from the Gaza Strip, Israel still controls all supplies that enter and leave the territory.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Telling Interview with the Director of Amnesty Israel 2010
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While there, I endeavored to engage in articulate speech.
A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2007
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For example, remember how much trouble Joe Biden got into for using the word articulate, clean and articulate, to describe Barack Obama?
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It is racist, because no one uses the word articulate to describe white speakers with exceptional oratorical skills.
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Best I can articulate is I think the issue has started and stalled and we need to check the spark plugs, because we * need* it on the road.
The Sacred Domain Hal Duncan 2006
EditorMark commented on the word articulate
American Heritage and Oxford American seem to be out front with the verb use of "articulate" as fitting things together to make a whole (AH definition No. 9). The usage I've been coming across is higher-ed jargon for making sure community college programs jibe with four-year college programs for seamless transition, similar to the anatomical use, to form a joint (AH definition No. 14 and New Oxford American No.2). "Articulation agreement" gets 147,000 hits in a Google search. As defined by City College of Chicago: "An articulation agreement is a formal agreement between institutions that allows credits earned in specific programs at the City Colleges to be applied towards direct entry or advanced standing at another institution." http://www.ccc.edu/admissions/articulation.shtml. Also: "Utica College agrees to articulate with Herkimer County Community. College by providing ... ." www.herkimer.edu/pdfs/transferagreements/.../utica_liberal_arts.pdf.
July 5, 2009