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noun

• An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

adjective

• Clear; effective.

• Speaking in a clear and effective manner.

  Example: She’s a bright, articulate young woman.

• Consisting of segments united by joints.

  Example: The robot arm was articulate in two directions.

• Distinctly marked off.

  Example: an articulate period in history

• Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

• (of sound) Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.

verb

• To make clear or effective.

• To speak clearly; to enunciate.

  Example: I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly.

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

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

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

  Example: an articulated bus

• To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.

  Example: Articulate that passage heavily.

• To form a joint or connect by joints

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

• To treat or make terms.