Meaning

8 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.

    The articulation allowed the robot to move around corners.

  2. A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.

    (countable, uncountable)Such a joint in an animalian body, as for example between bones or between exoskeleton segments.

    сочлене́ниеsočlenénije, шарни́рšarnír

  3. (countable)A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.

    the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

  4. (uncountable)The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.

    His volume is reasonable, but his articulation could use work.

    Artikulation

    артикуля́цияartikuljácija

  5. (countable, uncountable)The mechanism by which a sound is formed in the vocal tract.

    manner of articulation

    place of articulation

    артикуля́ціяartykuljácija

  6. (uncountable)The manner in which a note is attacked.

    The articulation in this piece is tricky because it alternates between legato and staccato.

    артикуля́цияartikuljácija

  7. (countable, uncountable)The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.

  8. (countable, uncountable)The induction of a pupil into a new school or college.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The speech therapist at Tom's school helped him overcome his articulation problems.

    Шкільний логопед Тома допоміг йому подолати проблеми з артикуляцією.

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  2. I can't articulate myself very well. I even find it hard to get my tongue around the word "articulation".

    deIch kann mich nicht gut artikulieren. Auch das Wort „Artikulierung“ kommt mir nicht gut über die Zunge.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
linguistics: means of uttering a phoneme:
Русский
By meaning 2
joint or collection of joints:
clarity of speech:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
clarity of speech:

Origin

From Middle English articulacioun, from Old French articulacion, from Medieval Latin artic

From Middle English articulacioun, from Old French articulacion, from Medieval Latin articulatio. Equivalent to articulate + -ion.

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Forms

plural: articulations
Singulararticulation
Pluralarticulations

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • expressing in coherent verbal form:voice
  • the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made:joinjointjuncturejunction
  • (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion):jointarticulatio

Word family

23 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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