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English adjective: articulate | |||
| 1. | articulate expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language | ||
| Samples | Articulate speech. An articulate orator. Articulate beings. | ||
| Similar | eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken, speech-endowed, well-spoken | ||
| See also | communicative, communicatory, spoken | ||
| Antonyms | inarticulate, unarticulate | ||
| 2. | articulate consisting of segments held together by joints | ||
| Synonyms | articulated | ||
| Similar | jointed | ||
| Antonyms | unarticulated | ||
English verb: articulate | |||
| 1. | articulate (possession) provide with a joint | ||
| Samples | The carpenter jointed two pieces of wood. | ||
| Synonyms | joint | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | furnish, provide, render, supply | ||
| Domain category | carpentry, woodwork, woodworking | ||
| 2. | articulate (communication) put into words or an expression | ||
| Samples | He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees. | ||
| Synonyms | formulate, give voice, phrase, word | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | evince, express, show | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ask, cast, couch, dogmatise, dogmatize, formularise, formularize, frame, lexicalise, lexicalize, put, redact | ||
| 3. | articulate (communication) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | ||
| Samples | She pronounces French words in a funny way. I cannot say `zip wire'. Can the child sound out this complicated word?. | ||
| Synonyms | enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accent, accentuate, aspirate, click, devoice, drawl, explode, flap, labialise, labialize, lilt, lisp, mispronounce, misspeak, nasalise, nasalise, nasalize, nasalize, palatalise, palatalize, raise, retroflex, roll, round, sibilate, sound, stress, subvocalise, subvocalize, syllabise, syllabize, trill, twang, vocalise, vocalise, vocalize, vocalize, voice, vowelise, vowelize | ||
| Entail | mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize | ||
| 4. | articulate (stative) unite by forming a joint or joints | ||
| Samples | The ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | connect, join, link, link up, unite | ||
| 5. | articulate (communication) express or state clearly | ||
| Synonyms | enunciate, vocalise, vocalize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | say, state, tell | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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