Complete Definition of "articulate"

English

Pronunciation
Adjective:

  • AHD: ärtÄ­'kyÉ�lÉ�t
  • IPA: /É�Ë�Ë�tɪkjÊ�lÉ�t/ (RP), /É�Ë�rtɪkjÉ�lÉ�t/ (US)
  • SAMPA: /<tt>a:"tIkjUl@t</tt>/ (RP), /<tt>a:rtIkjUl@t</tt>/ (US)
  • audio|en-us-articulate-adj.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb:

  • AHD: ärtÄ­'kyÉ�lÄ�t
  • IPA: /É�Ë�Ë�tɪkjÊ�leɪt/ (RP), /É�Ë�rtɪkjÉ�leɪt/ (US)
  • SAMPA: /<tt>a:"tIkjUleIt</tt>/ (RP), /<tt>a:rtIkjUleIt</tt>/ (US)
  • audio|en-us-articulate-verb.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj

  1. clear, effective
  2. especially, speaking in a clear or effective manner

#: She�s a bright, articulate young woman.

  1. able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals

#: The robot arm was articulate in two directions.

Translations
Dutch: welbespraakt, taalvaardig
French: clair (1)
German: klar (1), redegewandt (2)
Italian: chiaro (1), eloquente (2)
Spanish: claro (1), elocuente (2)

Verb
en-verb|articulat|ing

  1. To make clear or effective.
  2. To speak clearly; to enunciate.

#: I wish he�d articulate his words more clearly.

  1. To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.

#: I like this painting, but I can�t articulate why.

  1. To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.

#: an articulated bus

  1. music to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.

#: Articulate that passage heavily.

  1. anatomy to form a joint or connect by joints

#: The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.

Translations

French: articuler
German: artikulieren (1,2), ausdrücken (3), betonen (5)
mid
Ido: artikular
Romanian: articula

Category:English heteronyms

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