<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>uttered clearly in distinct syllables.</li><li>capable of speech; not speechless.</li><li>using language easily and fluently; having facility with words: an articulate speaker.</li><li>expressed, formulated, or presented with clarity and effectiveness: an articulate thought.</li><li>Synonyms: expressive</li><li>Antonyms: unintelligible, inarticulate</li><li>made clear, distinct, and precise in relation to other parts: an articulate form; an articulate shape; an articulate area.</li><li>(of ideas, form, etc.) having a meaningful relation to other parts: an articulate image.</li><li>having parts or distinct areas organized into a coherent or meaningful whole; unified: an articulate system of philosophy.</li><li>Zoology: having joints or articulations; composed of segments.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to utter clearly and distinctly; pronounce with clarity.</li><li>Synonyms: enunciate</li><li>Antonyms: mumble</li><li>Phonetics: to make the movements and adjustments of the speech organs necessary to utter (a speech sound).</li><li>to give clarity or distinction to: to articulate a shape; to articulate an idea.</li><li>Dentistry: to position or reposition (teeth); subject to articulation.</li><li>to unite by a joint or joints.</li><li>to reveal or make distinct: an injection to articulate arteries so that obstructions can be observed by x-ray.</li><li>(used without object) to pronounce clearly each of a succession of speech sounds, syllables, or words; enunciate: to articulate with excessive precision.</li><li>Phonetics: to articulate a speech sound.</li><li>Anatomy, Zoology: to form a joint.</li><li>Obsolete: to make terms of agreement.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a segmented invertebrate.</li></ul>