articulate

/ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jʊ.lət//ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.lət/

noun

1
Clear; effective.
2
Speaking in a clear and effective manner.
“She’s a bright, articulate young woman.”
3
Consisting of segments united by joints.
“The robot arm was articulate in two directions.”
4
Distinctly marked off.
“an articulate period in history”
5
Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
6
(of sound) Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.

1
To make clear or effective.
2
To speak clearly; to enunciate.
“I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly.”
3
To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
“I like this painting, but I can’t articulate why.”
4
To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
“an articulated bus”
5
To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
“Articulate that passage heavily.”
6
To form a joint or connect by joints
“The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.”
7
To treat or make terms.

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