articulate

articulate is a 10-letter English word with 18 senses as adjective, noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
2. adjective. Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.
3. adjective. Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words.
4. noun. An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
5. intransitive verb. To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.
6. intransitive verb. To treat or make terms.
7. intransitive verb. To join or be connected by articulation.
8. transitive verb. To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.
9. transitive verb. To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify.
10. transitive verb. To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.
11. transitive verb. To express distinctly; to give utterance to.
12. verb. express or state clearly

    Synonyms: enunciate, vocalise, vocalize

13. verb. speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

    "She pronounces French words in a funny way"

    "I cannot say `zip wire'"

    Synonyms: enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say

14. verb. put into words or an expression

    "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"

    Synonyms: formulate, phrase, word

15. verb. provide with a joint

    "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood"

    Synonyms: joint

16. verb. unite by forming a joint or joints

    "the ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones"

17. adjective. expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language

    "articulate speech"

    "an articulate orator"

18. adjective. consisting of segments held together by joints

    Synonyms: articulated

Synonyms

enunciate, vocalise, vocalize, enounce, pronounce, say, formulate, phrase, word, joint, articulated

Common word forms

articulated, articulates, articulately, articulating, articulateness

Words from these letters

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