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articulate

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1. articulate - Noun

2. articulate - Adjective

3. articulate - Verb

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Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.

Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words.

An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.

To treat or make terms.

To join or be connected by articulation.

To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.

To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify.

To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.

To express distinctly; to give utterance to.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. Jack Welch

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep. Felix Frankfurter

I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does. David Bowie

I cannot articulate enough to express my dislike to people who think that understanding spoils your experience... How would they know? Marvin Minsky

A society which is clamoring for choice, which is filled with many articulate groups, each urging its own brand of salvation, its own variety of economic philosophy, will give each new generation no peace until all have chosen or gone under, unable t. Margaret Mead

In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream. Thomas Carlyle

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