Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To make clear or effective.

    artikulieren

  2. (ambitransitive)To speak clearly; to enunciate.

    I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly.

    artikulieren

    express or state clearly

  3. (transitive)To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.

    I like this painting, but I can’t articulate why.

    ausdrücken

    put into words or an expression

  4. (transitive)To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.

    an articulated bus

  5. (transitive)To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.

    Articulate that passage heavily.

    betonen

  6. (intransitive)To form a joint or connect by joints.

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

    unite by forming a joint or joints

  7. (obsolete)To treat or make terms.

Examples

53 sentences
  1. You seem articulate.

    Ти, здається, вмієш чітко висловлюватися.

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  2. You're very articulate.

    Ти говориш дуже виразно.

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  3. Tom is very articulate.

    У Тома добре підвішений язик.

    deTom ist sehr wortgewandt.

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  4. Tom said that Mary was articulate.

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  5. I think that Tom is articulate.

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 3
to make clear:
to explain:
music: to attack a note:

Origin

The adjective is first attested in 1531, the verb in 1551; borrowed from Latin articulātus

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.

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Forms

articulates, articulating, articulated, articulated
Base formarticulate · to articulate
3rd person singulararticulates
Present participlearticulating
Past simplearticulated
Past participlearticulated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyarticulate
he, she, itarticulates

Past simpleLesson

all personsarticulated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave articulated
he, she, ithas articulated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill articulate

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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