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# articulate

adjective (articulate, more articulate, most articulate); verb (articulate, articulates, articulated, articulating)

«articulate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (adjective) An articulate person can express ideas clearly and well in words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/articulate/#m1)
2. (verb) To articulate ideas or feelings is to express them clearly in words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/articulate/#m2)
3. (verb) To articulate sounds is to say them clearly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/articulate/#m3)
4. (verb, science) To articulate is to join with a joint so parts can move, like bones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/articulate/#m4)

### In the lessons

Used in English and speaking lessons («articulate your ideas»), school reports, science (joints, articulated skeletons), and transport (an articulated lorry, a long lorry that bends in the middle).

### Examples

- She is a very articulate speaker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/articulate/#x1)
- Try to articulate your feelings instead of shouting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/articulate/#x2)
- Articulate each word so the audience can hear you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/articulate/#x3)
- The museum has an articulated dinosaur skeleton. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/articulate/#x4)
- An articulated lorry bends in the middle when it turns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/articulate/#x5)
- The upper arm bone articulates with the shoulder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/articulate/#x6)
- He was too upset to articulate what had happened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/articulate/#x7)
- By and by, the rushing noise began to sound like articulate language. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/articulate/#x8)

### Note

Two pronunciations: adjective ar-TIK-yoo-lut; verb ar-TIK-yoo-late. Noun: «articulation». In the UK «articulated lorry» is often shortened to «artic»; in the US people say «semi» or «tractor-trailer».

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah it means to shape sound into clear speech and letters, as God shaped breath into letters.

**Interpretation.** The tradition teaches that God made the world by speech, and the letters are the shaped breath through which that happened.

### Examples

- The articulate word of creative power, the spirit and the word are what we call the holy spirit is (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/articulate/#x1)
- The articulate word of creative power, the spirit and the word are what we call the holy spirit. \[1:10\] 2) Air emanated from the spirit by which He formed and established twenty-two consonants, stamina. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/articulate/#x2)

### Note

Two pronunciations: adjective ar-TIK-yoo-lut; verb ar-TIK-yoo-late. Noun: «articulation». In the UK «articulated lorry» is often shortened to «artic»; in the US people say «semi» or «tractor-trailer».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «articulate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/articulate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«articulate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/articulate.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «articulate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/articulate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«articulate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/articulate.html) on Mova free.