Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to articulate
Participle: articulated
Gerund: articulating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | articulate |
| you | articulate |
| he;she;it | articulates |
| we | articulate |
| you | articulate |
| they | articulate |
Perfect
| I | have articulated |
| you | have articulated |
| he;she;it | has articulated |
| we | have articulated |
| you | have articulated |
| they | have articulated |
Past
| I | articulated |
| you | articulated |
| he;she;it | articulated |
| we | articulated |
| you | articulated |
| they | articulated |
Pluperfect
| I | had articulated |
| you | had articulated |
| he;she;it | had articulated |
| we | had articulated |
| you | had articulated |
| they | had articulated |
Future
| I | will articulate |
| you | will articulate |
| he;she;it | will articulate |
| we | will articulate |
| you | will articulate |
| they | will articulate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have articulated |
| you | will have articulated |
| he;she;it | will have articulated |
| we | will have articulated |
| you | will have articulated |
| they | will have articulated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | articulate |
| you | articulate |
| he;she;it | articulate |
| we | articulate |
| you | articulate |
| they | articulate |
Perfect
| I | have articulated |
| you | have articulated |
| he;she;it | have articulated |
| we | have articulated |
| you | have articulated |
| they | have articulated |
Imperfect
| I | articulated |
| you | articulated |
| he;she;it | articulated |
| we | articulated |
| you | articulated |
| they | articulated |
Pluperfect
| I | had articulated |
| you | had articulated |
| he;she;it | had articulated |
| we | had articulated |
| you | had articulated |
| they | had articulated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would articulate |
| you | would articulate |
| he;she;it | would articulate |
| we | would articulate |
| you | would articulate |
| they | would articulate |
Perfect
| I | would have articulated |
| you | would have articulated |
| he;she;it | would have articulated |
| we | would have articulated |
| you | would have articulated |
| they | would have articulated |
Imperative
| you | articulate |
| we | Let's articulate |
| you | articulate |
Verbs conjugated like 'articulate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'articulate'
particulate,
astipulate,
coarticulate,
dearticulate,
exarticulate,
graticulate,
rearticulate,
reticulate,
triculate,
acidulate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to communicate to someone else by means of speech
- babble, blab, chat, chatter, converse, discuss, jabber, quethe, say, speak, talk, verbalize, yammer
- utter
- enunciate, speak, verbalize, say, pronounce, clarify, explain, expound
- combine
- connect, join, link
Antonyms
- utter
- incomplete, infinitesimal, partial, meager
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in 1531, the verb in 1551; borrowed from Latin articulātus (“distinct, articulated, jointed”), perfect passive participle of articulō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Verbs referencing "articulate"
Finnish with old forms
artikuloida.
Sample Sentences
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I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly.
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I like this painting, but I can’t articulate why.
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It’s not just that Trump’s voters are articulating the same ideas. They’re framing issues in the same way, pointing to the same boogeymen and even using the same words. [2018 October 24, Jeremy Diamond, “Trump’s secret weapon: Legions of supporters spreading his message”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 May 2019:]
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an articulated bus
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Articulate that passage heavily.
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The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.
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Send us to Rome / The best, with whom we may articulate / For their own good and ours. [c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, act 1, scene 9, lines 75–77:]