Meaning of "articulate" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ARTICULATE

From Latin articulāre to divide into joints.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ARTICULATE

articulate  [ɑːˈtɪkjʊlɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARTICULATE

Articulate is a verb and can also act as an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb articulate in English.

WHAT DOES ARTICULATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Articulate

Articulate may refer to: ▪ Articulate!, a board game in which players describe words from different categories ▪ Articulate brachiopods, brachiopods with toothed hinges and simple opening and closing muscles ▪ Articulate sign, a sign of the zodiac that facilitates speaking and communication ▪ Articulate sound, to move the tongue, lips, or other speech organs in order to make speech sounds ▪ Articulated vehicle, a vehicle which has a pivoting joint in its construction...

Definition of articulate in the English dictionary

The first definition of articulate in the dictionary is able to express oneself fluently and coherently. Other definition of articulate is having the power of speech. Articulate is also distinct, clear, or definite; well-constructed.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ARTICULATE

PRESENT

Present

I articulate

you articulate

he/she/it articulates

we articulate

you articulate

they articulate

Present continuous

I am articulating

you are articulating

he/she/it is articulating

we are articulating

you are articulating

they are articulating

Present perfect

I have articulated

you have articulated

he/she/it has articulated

we have articulated

you have articulated

they have articulated

Present perfect continuous

I have been articulating

you have been articulating

he/she/it has been articulating

we have been articulating

you have been articulating

they have been articulating

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I articulated

you articulated

he/she/it articulated

we articulated

you articulated

they articulated

Past continuous

I was articulating

you were articulating

he/she/it was articulating

we were articulating

you were articulating

they were articulating

Past perfect

I had articulated

you had articulated

he/she/it had articulated

we had articulated

you had articulated

they had articulated

Past perfect continuous

I had been articulating

you had been articulating

he/she/it had been articulating

we had been articulating

you had been articulating

they had been articulating

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will articulate

you will articulate

he/she/it will articulate

we will articulate

you will articulate

they will articulate

Future continuous

I will be articulating

you will be articulating

he/she/it will be articulating

we will be articulating

you will be articulating

they will be articulating

Future perfect

I will have articulated

you will have articulated

he/she/it will have articulated

we will have articulated

you will have articulated

they will have articulated

Future perfect continuous

I will have been articulating

you will have been articulating

he/she/it will have been articulating

we will have been articulating

you will have been articulating

they will have been articulating

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would articulate

you would articulate

he/she/it would articulate

we would articulate

you would articulate

they would articulate

Conditional continuous

I would be articulating

you would be articulating

he/she/it would be articulating

we would be articulating

you would be articulating

they would be articulating

Conditional perfect

I would have articulate

you would have articulate

he/she/it would have articulate

we would have articulate

you would have articulate

they would have articulate

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been articulating

you would have been articulating

he/she/it would have been articulating

we would have been articulating

you would have been articulating

they would have been articulating

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you articulate
we let´s articulate
you articulate

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to articulate

Past participle

articulated

Present Participle

articulating

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ARTICULATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «articulate» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of articulate

assert · asseverate · clear · coherent · communicate · communicative · comprehensible · couch · declare · effective · eloquent · enounce · enunciate · express · expressive · fluent · intelligible · lucid · meaningful · persuasive · phrase · pronounce · put across · put into words · say · speak · state · talk · tell · understandable · utter · verbalize · vocal · vocalize · voice · word

TRANSLATION OF ARTICULATE

Find out the translation of articulate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of articulate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «articulate» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 善表达的
• Translator English - Spanish: que se expresa bien
• English: articulate
• Translator English - Hindi: मुखर
• Translator English - Arabic: توضيح
• Translator English - Russian: сформулировать
• Translator English - Portuguese: articulado
• Translator English - Bengali: গ্রন্থিবদ্ধ
• Translator English - French: qui s´exprime bien
• Translator English - Malay: Mengartikulasikan
• Translator English - German: redegewandt
• Translator English - Japanese: 優れた表現力のある
• Translator English - Korean: 분명한
• Translator English - Javanese: Articulate
• Translator English - Vietnamese: rõ
• Translator English - Tamil: புகுத்துவதற்கான
• Translator English - Marathi: स्पष्ट
• Translator English - Turkish: ifade
• Translator English - Italian: che si esprime bene
• Translator English - Polish: artykułować
• Translator English - Ukrainian: сформулювати
• Translator English - Romanian: articula
• Translator English - Greek: αρθρώσει
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verwoord
• Translator English - Swedish: artikulera
• Translator English - Norwegian: artikulere

10 QUOTES WITH «ARTICULATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word articulate.

1

Floyd Abrams

So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing from the point of view of a principle as broad and important as freedom of speech is that the courts articulate and set forth in a very protective way what those principles are.

2

Noah Baumbach

Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.

3

Ann Beattie

I feel that these stories are being written to articulate certain confusions and disappointments, and I do mean to shake up the reader, and I do hope they're on target.

4

Polly Berrien Berends

The parent is the strongest statement that the child hears regarding what it means to be alive and real. More than what we say or do, the way we are expresses what we think it means to be alive. So the articulate parent is less a telling than a listening individual.

5

Peter Berg

What first caught my eye about Rihanna was an interview she did with Diane Sawyer after the Chris Brown incident, where she was very articulate, very poised, obviously a smart girl who talked about a very traumatic experience.

6

Philip E. Berger

My colleagues have expressed confidence in my ability to articulate our conservative message and to provide new focus to our efforts in the General Assembly.

7

Astrid Berges-Frisbey

When I'm working on my characters, that's something I pay a lot of attention to: how their body works, how they move, how they articulate.

8

Gordon Bethune

Somebody who knows what they're doing, who has a good track record, they come across as very articulate, bright and looking for a challenge - that's absolutely my kind of hire.

9

John Boozman

I like some of the young guys like Senator Thune. He's a guy that looks good. He's very articulate, he's very smart, and he truly is a public servant.

10

David Bowie

I'm not very articulate.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARTICULATE»

Discover the use of articulate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to articulate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Articulate While Black: Barack Obama, Language, and Race in ...

In Articulate While Black, two renowned scholars of Black Language address language and racial politics in the U.S. through an insightful examination of President Barack Obama's language use-and America's response to it.

H. Samy Alim, Geneva Smitherman, 2012

It's the Way You Say It: Becoming Articulate, Well-Spoken, ...

Dr. Carol Fleming provides detailed advice and scores of exercises for • Understanding how others hear you • Dealing with specific speech problems • Varying your vocal patterns to make your speech more dynamic • Using grammar and ...

Carol A. Fleming, 2013

Essential Articulate Studio '09

Provides instructions on using Articulate Studio '09 to create informational and instructional materials.

Patti Shank, Jennifer Bircher, 2009

The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics

This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by the author. ‘An excellent and very welcome guide to psycholinguistics...highly recommended.’ The Washington Post A classic in its field for almost forty years, The Articulate ...

Jean Aitchison, 2011

Learning Articulate Storyline

This book provides one-on-one tutoring to help you quickly get up to speed with the basics while also learning how to best apply Storyline features in the context of the work you do.If you're an e-learning developer, writer, designer, ...

Stephanie Harnett, 2013

The Articulate Classroom: Talking and Learning in the ...

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Prue Goodwin, 2013

The Articulate Body: The Physical Training of the Actor

This book attempts to re-think and analyse a contemporary actor's physical needs, looking at the actor's physical training not as a series of skills, but as a skill in itself, specific to the actor.

Anne Dennis, 2002

Articulate Objects: Voice, Sculpture and Performance

These are just some of the questions brought up by this unique and unusual collection of essays, which presents subjects and categories often overlooked by the disciplines of art history, visual culture, theatre history and comparative ...

Aura Satz, Jon Wood, 2009

The Articulate Advocate: New Techniques of Persuasion for ...

Questions that lawyers face daily, such as What do I do with my hands? Aren’t gestures distracting? How do I remember everything? and I tend to talk so fast—how can I slow down? are among the questions addressed in this handbook.

Brian K. Johnson, Marsha Hunter, 2009

Articulate Images: The Sister Arts from Hogarth to Tennyson

Rich with historical and cultural value, these works are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

Richard Wendorf, 1983

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARTICULATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term articulate is used in the context of the following news items.

Just Say No

It has taken further-left upstart parties, such as Syriza in Greece and Podemos in Spain, to articulate the popular revulsion against eight years of ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

We Must Put an End to Gender Conversion Therapy for Kids

Statutes to ban conversion therapy can be written to clearly articulate that we are not discouraging therapists from working with youth to explore ... «Wired, Jul 15»

My friend died of cancer. Six months later, I met her widower's new …

At the funeral, Alberto gave the most passionate and articulate eulogy I had ever witnessed. I was dumbfounded. It was Tammy who had been ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

How to Separate Yourself From the Competition

... a “unique selling proposition,” but in a competitive marketplace where it seems everything's been done, it can sometimes be hard to articulate ... «Entrepreneur, Jul 15»

Hours After Exit, Varoufakis Emerges as #MinisterOfAwesome

... as suggestions of other people — specifically Professor Steven Keen, “a very vocal and articulate supporter of Varoufakis,” said Mr. Maunder, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

Even scoliosis couldn't stop Olympic medalist Natalie Coughlin

That's when I lose the ability to articulate my spine. It actually went undiagnosed for a long time. I was 30 when I finally got a doctor to X-ray me. «ESPN, Jul 15»

Michael Douglas' sensitive new role: promoting Jewish identity

Israel's responsibility is to articulate and clarify that narrative what their next steps are going to be." Douglas spoke of the region as if he were a ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»

When we blame tech for everything, capitalism gets off the hook

... otherwise entirely reasonable, with excellent critical thinking skills and the ability to articulate arguments well, fall into the blaming tech trap. «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Children lobby for the Medical University of South Carolina on …

“They're articulate and they're sincere and they know what a difference good health care for children can make,” Votava said. And the ... «Charleston Post Courier, Jul 15»

Two Current Fronts of the American Health Care Wars: Hepatitis C …

Otherwise an articulate critic of corporate for-profit medicine, he can't help but feel as if he just won the lottery. Hepatitis C is a disease that ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»