articulate

  • (a) expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
    • articulate speech
    • an articulate orator
    • articulate beings
  • (a) consisting of segments held together by joints articulated,

Verbs

  • (v) provide with a joint
    • the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood
    joint,
  • (v) put into words or an expression
    • He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
    give voice, phrase, word, formulate,
  • (v) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
    • She pronounces French words in a funny way
    • I cannot say "zip wire"
    • Can the child sound out this complicated word?
    enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, say,
  • (v) unite by forming a joint or joints
    • the ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones
  • (v) express or state clearly enunciate, vocalise, vocalize,

Synonyms

joint articulated give voice phrase word formulate enounce enunciate pronounce sound out say vocalise vocalize

Antonyms

inarticulate unarticulate unarticulated

See also

communicatory communicative spoken

Words of close approximity

articular
articulary
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