articˈūlate /-lət/ adjective

1. Jointed
2. Composed of distinct parts
3. (eg of human speech) composed of recognizably distinct sounds
4. Clear
5. Able to express one's thoughts with ease

1. To attach by a joint
2. To connect by joints
3. To form into distinct sounds, syllables or words
4. To express coherently

1. To form a joint (with; lit and figurative)
2. To speak distinctly
3. To come to terms (Shakespeare)

articˈūlated adjective

articˈūlately adverb

articˈūlateness noun

articūlāˈtion noun

1. Jointing
2. A joint
3. A segment
4. Distinctness, or distinct utterance
5. A consonant

articˈūlātor noun

1. A person who articulates or speaks
2. A person who articulates bones and mounts skeletons
3. An apparatus, etc that articulates

articˈūlatory adjective

articulated lorry, etc noun

A lorry, etc made easier to manœuvre by having its (sometimes detachable) front section flexibly attached to the rear section so that it can move at an angle to it (informal short form articˈ (or /ärˈ/))

articles of association

(a document containing) the internal regulations and conditions for the business of a joint-stock company registered under the Companies Acts

articles of faith

The binding statement of points of belief of a Church, etc

articles of war

The code of regulations for the government and discipline of armed services

in the article of death (L in articulō mortis; archaic)

At the point of death

Lords of the Articles (historical)

A standing committee of the Scottish parliament who drafted the measures to be submitted

of great article (Shakespeare)

Of great importance

the genuine article

The real thing, not a counterfeit

Thirty-nine Articles

The articles of religious belief finally agreed upon by the bishops and clergy of the Church of England in 1562