Articulate
adjective
Able to speak clearly and expressively.
He is a very articulate speaker.
Often appears as...
- articulate speaker
- articulate argument
verb
Express (an idea or feeling) fluently and coherently.
She articulated her views on the subject.
Often appears as...
- articulate thought
- articulate feelings
Usage tips
Academic
verb
Form a joint or connect by joints.
The bones articulate with each other.
Often appears as...
- articulate bones
- articulate joints
adjective
Having joints or jointed segments.
An articulate skeleton
Often appears as...
- articulate skeleton
- articulate structure
adjective
Able to speak clearly and expressively.
He is a very articulate speaker.
Often appears as...
- articulate speaker
- articulate argument
verb
Express (an idea or feeling) fluently and coherently.
She articulated her views on the subject.
Often appears as...
- articulate thought
- articulate feelings
Usage tips
Academic
verb
Form a joint or connect by joints.
The bones articulate with each other.
Often appears as...
- articulate bones
- articulate joints
adjective
Having joints or jointed segments.
An articulate skeleton
Often appears as...
- articulate skeleton
- articulate structure
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Clear Expression
Use 'articulate' to compliment someone's clarity in speaking or writing.
Her essay was so articulate, every point was clear.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Vocabulary
'Articulate' implies the speaker not only uses sophisticated words but also organizes thoughts well.
Despite his young age, he could articulate his thoughts like an adult.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotions and Articulation
Being articulate includes conveying emotions effectively, not just facts.
She articulated her joy so vividly, we all felt it.
Pro Tip 1/3Clear Expression
Use 'articulate' to compliment someone's clarity in speaking or writing.
Her essay was so articulate, every point was clear.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Vocabulary
'Articulate' implies the speaker not only uses sophisticated words but also organizes thoughts well.
Despite his young age, he could articulate his thoughts like an adult.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotions and Articulation
Being articulate includes conveying emotions effectively, not just facts.
She articulated her joy so vividly, we all felt it.
Pro Tip 1/3Clear Expression
Use 'articulate' to compliment someone's clarity in speaking or writing.
Her essay was so articulate, every point was clear.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Vocabulary
'Articulate' implies the speaker not only uses sophisticated words but also organizes thoughts well.
Despite his young age, he could articulate his thoughts like an adult.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotions and Articulation
Being articulate includes conveying emotions effectively, not just facts.
She articulated her joy so vividly, we all felt it.
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Video examples
A Black man goes...
I had a little something to say about the topic. You see, this was at the height of the Black Lives Matter furor and people seemed to be turning to me to articulate their viewpoints, and honestly, it was sort of overwhelming. You see, the internet has this interesting quality. In one way, it totally brought the world together,
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How we'll earn money in...
this person cannot necessarily even really articulate what exactly it is they're thinking about as they play the game. It's often something that's very intuitive, it's almost just like a feeling about which move they should make. So given those two qualities, I would say that playing Go at a world champion level
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Three ideas. Three...
like the letters I used to write to my grandma when I first started university, letters I filled with funny stories and anecdotes that I embellished for her amusement. And I remembered how I couldn't articulate the anxiety and fear that filled me as I tried to carve my tiny little life
Video examples
The freakonomics of...
"... if all this shit's going on? No, right? So if I gonna be asked to put my life on the line, then front me the cash, man." I think the gang member says it much more articulately than the economist, about what's going on. Here's another one. Economists talk about game theory,
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Continuing the Fight for...
but not i'm not articulating this very well but a majority in numbers may be a minority in power what do you hope super majority will do i mean the whole point is to change that yeah you know i think we power everything as women i mean growing up being raised
Video examples
TED-Ed Clubs:...
their dreams. It's this generation's ideas that will define the future of our world. One well articulated idea can reach and inspire millions. That's why TED's youth and education initiative, TED-Ed, has created a program that's dedicated to sparking
Video examples
The lie that invented...
as if we were talking about the light bulb. But he did. He said, in his exhaustive research, he found what he believed to be the first articulation of racist ideas. And he named the culprit. This guy should be more famous, or infamous.
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Thinking your way out of...
impostor because everyone else on the executive team is brilliantly articulate and I'm not now there was a time when I would have said to her oh I'm sure you're brilliantly articulate but now I know that wouldn't have served her so
Video examples
Rattlesnake Eating a...
articulation on the head watch how he stretches and can walk up his prey he doesn't have to move his head much he just moves the muscles he can slide up his prey using those backwards pointing teaster grip it
Video examples
It's not fair having 12...
a little homage to my life as an athlete. 14 hours of prosthetic make-up to get into a creature that had articulated paws, claws and a tail that whipped around, like a gecko.
Video examples
A Black man goes...
I had a little something to say about the topic. You see, this was at the height of the Black Lives Matter furor and people seemed to be turning to me to articulate their viewpoints, and honestly, it was sort of overwhelming. You see, the internet has this interesting quality. In one way, it totally brought the world together,
Video examples
How we'll earn money in...
this person cannot necessarily even really articulate what exactly it is they're thinking about as they play the game. It's often something that's very intuitive, it's almost just like a feeling about which move they should make. So given those two qualities, I would say that playing Go at a world champion level
Video examples
Three ideas. Three...
like the letters I used to write to my grandma when I first started university, letters I filled with funny stories and anecdotes that I embellished for her amusement. And I remembered how I couldn't articulate the anxiety and fear that filled me as I tried to carve my tiny little life
Video examples
The freakonomics of...
"... if all this shit's going on? No, right? So if I gonna be asked to put my life on the line, then front me the cash, man." I think the gang member says it much more articulately than the economist, about what's going on. Here's another one. Economists talk about game theory,
Video examples
Continuing the Fight for...
but not i'm not articulating this very well but a majority in numbers may be a minority in power what do you hope super majority will do i mean the whole point is to change that yeah you know i think we power everything as women i mean growing up being raised
Video examples
TED-Ed Clubs:...
their dreams. It's this generation's ideas that will define the future of our world. One well articulated idea can reach and inspire millions. That's why TED's youth and education initiative, TED-Ed, has created a program that's dedicated to sparking
Video examples
The lie that invented...
as if we were talking about the light bulb. But he did. He said, in his exhaustive research, he found what he believed to be the first articulation of racist ideas. And he named the culprit. This guy should be more famous, or infamous.
Video examples
Thinking your way out of...
impostor because everyone else on the executive team is brilliantly articulate and I'm not now there was a time when I would have said to her oh I'm sure you're brilliantly articulate but now I know that wouldn't have served her so
Video examples
Rattlesnake Eating a...
articulation on the head watch how he stretches and can walk up his prey he doesn't have to move his head much he just moves the muscles he can slide up his prey using those backwards pointing teaster grip it
Video examples
It's not fair having 12...
a little homage to my life as an athlete. 14 hours of prosthetic make-up to get into a creature that had articulated paws, claws and a tail that whipped around, like a gecko.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Floyd Abrams
American Lawyer
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.
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Henri Nouwen
Dutch Clergyman
The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently to remove the obstacles that prevent the spirit from entering.
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Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian Writer
The newspaper offers something very different from Google's aggregators. It offers a value system, an idea of what matters in the world. Newspapers need to start articulating that value.
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Jason Segel
American Actor
I don't like when I watch a fight in a movie that's perfectly worded and very articulate. If you were able to be that composed, you wouldn't be fighting! Fighting in real life is sloppy.
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Elena Kagan
American Judge
If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that is due to all constitution decisions of the court.
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Martin Scorsese
American Director
The most important thing is, how can I move forward towards something that I can't articulate, that is new in storytelling with moving images and sound?
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Franz Wright
American Poet
Poetry endures when it possesses passionate and primally sincere clarity in the service of articulating universal human concerns.
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Toni Morrison
American Novelist
Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it.
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George Weah
Politician
I have proven to the world that I am articulate, I am very intelligent, I'm well exposed.
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Felix Frankfurter
American Judge
Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.
Quote examples
Floyd Abrams
American Lawyer
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.
Quote examples
Henri Nouwen
Dutch Clergyman
The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently to remove the obstacles that prevent the spirit from entering.
Quote examples
Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian Writer
The newspaper offers something very different from Google's aggregators. It offers a value system, an idea of what matters in the world. Newspapers need to start articulating that value.
Quote examples
Jason Segel
American Actor
I don't like when I watch a fight in a movie that's perfectly worded and very articulate. If you were able to be that composed, you wouldn't be fighting! Fighting in real life is sloppy.
Quote examples
Elena Kagan
American Judge
If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that is due to all constitution decisions of the court.
Quote examples
Martin Scorsese
American Director
The most important thing is, how can I move forward towards something that I can't articulate, that is new in storytelling with moving images and sound?
Quote examples
Franz Wright
American Poet
Poetry endures when it possesses passionate and primally sincere clarity in the service of articulating universal human concerns.
Quote examples
Toni Morrison
American Novelist
Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it.
Quote examples
George Weah
Politician
I have proven to the world that I am articulate, I am very intelligent, I'm well exposed.
Quote examples
Felix Frankfurter
American Judge
Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.
Example 1 of 10
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