articulate
verb/ɑːˈtɪkjuleɪt/
/ɑːrˈtɪkjuleɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they articulate | /ɑːˈtɪkjuleɪt/ /ɑːrˈtɪkjuleɪt/ |
| he / she / it articulates | /ɑːˈtɪkjuleɪts/ /ɑːrˈtɪkjuleɪts/ |
| past simple articulated | /ɑːˈtɪkjuleɪtɪd/ /ɑːrˈtɪkjuleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle articulated | /ɑːˈtɪkjuleɪtɪd/ /ɑːrˈtɪkjuleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form articulating | /ɑːˈtɪkjuleɪtɪŋ/ /ɑːrˈtɪkjuleɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] articulate something (to somebody) (formal) to express or explain your thoughts or feelings clearly in words
- She struggled to articulate her thoughts.
- It is the school’s duty to articulate its practices to parents.
Extra ExamplesTopics Languagec1- He cannot articulate his feelings very well.
- You need to articulate clearly what you are trying to achieve.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- clearly
- well
- explicitly
- …
- [intransitive, transitive] to speak, pronounce or play something in a clear way
- He was too weak to articulate properly.
- articulate something Every note was carefully articulated.
- She spoke slowly, articulating each word clearly.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- clearly
- well
- …
- [intransitive] articulate (with something) (formal) to be related to something so that together the two parts form a whole
- These courses are designed to articulate with university degrees.
- [intransitive, transitive] (specialist) to be joined to something else by a joint, so that movement is possible; to join something in this way
- articulate (with something) bones that articulate with others
- articulate something a robot with articulated limbs
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin articulatus, past participle of articulare ‘divide into joints, utter distinctly’, from articulus ‘small connecting part’, diminutive of artus ‘joint’.
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