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Definition of articulation noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

articulation

noun
 
/ɑːˌtɪkjuˈleɪʃn/
 
/ɑːrˌtɪkjuˈleɪʃn/
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  1. [uncountable] (formal) the expression of an idea or a feeling in words
    • the articulation of his theory
  2. [uncountable] (formal) the act of making sounds in speech or music
    • The singer worked hard on the clear articulation of every note.
    • The tongue and teeth are both organs of articulation.
    • As he drank more wine, his articulation suffered.
  3. [uncountable, countable, usually singular] (specialist) the state of having a joint or connection that allows movement; a joint or connection of this type
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘joint’, ‘joining’): from Latin articulatio(n-), from the verb articulare ‘divide into joints’, from articulus ‘small connecting part’, diminutive of artus ‘joint’.
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