articulate: Meaning and Definition of

ar•tic•u•late

1. uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
2. capable of speech; not speechless.
3. using language easily and fluently; having facility with words: an articulate speaker.
4. expressed, formulated, or presented with clarity and effectiveness: an articulate thought.
5. made clear, distinct, and precise in relation to other parts: an articulate form; an articulate shape; an articulate area.
6. (of ideas, form, etc.) having a meaningful relation to other parts: an articulate image.
7. having parts or distinct areas organized into a coherent or meaningful whole; unified: an articulate system of philosophy.
8. having joints or articulations; composed of segments.

1. to utter clearly and distinctly; pronounce with clarity.
2. to make the movements and adjustments of the speech organs necessary to utter (a speech sound).
3. to give clarity or distinction to: to articulate a shape; to articulate an idea.
4. to subject to articulation.
5. to unite by a joint or joints.
6. to reveal or make distinct: an injection to articulate arteries so that obstructions can be observed by x-ray.

1. to pronounce clearly each of a succession of speech sounds, syllables, or words; enunciate: to articulate with excessive precision.
2. to articulate a speech sound.
3. to form a joint.
4. to make terms of agreement.

1. a segmented invertebrate.