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articulate
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin articul?tus (“distinct, articulated, jointed”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: ärt?'ky?l?t, IPA(key): /??(?)?t?k.j?.l?t/
- (US) enPR: ärt?'ky?l?t, IPA(key): /????t?k.j?.l?t/
- Rhymes: -?kj?l?t
- Rhymes: -?kj?le?t
Adjective
articulate (comparative more articulate, superlative most articulate)
- Clear; effective.
- Speaking in a clear and effective manner.
- Consisting of segments united by joints.
- Distinctly marked off.
- (obsolete) Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
- articulate sounds
- (obsolete, of sound) Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.
- 1728, James Knapton and John Knapton, Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, page 146:
- Brutes cannot form articulate Sounds, cannot articulate the Sounds of the Voice, excepting some few Birds, as the Parrot, Pye, &c.
- 1728, James Knapton and John Knapton, Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, page 146:
Synonyms
- (good at speaking): eloquent, well-spoken
Translations
Noun
articulate (plural articulates)
- (zoology) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
- 1977, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)
- They considered articulates to be pre-adapted for an eleutherozoic existence because they possess muscular arms which are potentially of value in crawling and swimming, as in comatulids.
- 1977, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)
Etymology 2
From the adjective.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: ärt?'ky?l?t, IPA(key): /??(?)?t?k.j?.le?t/
- (US) enPR: ärt?'ky?l?t, IPA(key): /????t?k.j?.le?t/
Verb
articulate (third-person singular simple present articulates, present participle articulating, simple past and past participle articulated)
- To make clear or effective.
- To speak clearly; to enunciate.
- I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly.
- To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
- I like this painting, but I can’t articulate why.
- To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
- an articulated bus
- (music) to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
- Articulate that passage heavily.
- (anatomy) to form a joint or connect by joints
- The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.
- (obsolete) To treat or make terms.
Derived terms
- articulable
Related terms
- articulation
- pseudoarticulated
- pseudoarticulation
Translations
Further reading
- articulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- articulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Verb
articul?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of articul?
References
- articulate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- articulate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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assert
English
Etymology
From Latin assertus, perfect passive participle of asser? (“declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare”), from ad (“to”) + ser? (“join, range in a row”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??s??t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??s?t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Verb
assert (third-person singular simple present asserts, present participle asserting, simple past and past participle asserted)
- To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
- He would often assert that there was life on other planets.
- To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
- to assert one's authority
- Salman Rushdie has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.
- To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to
- to assert our rights and liberties
- (programming) To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.
- (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
Antonyms
- remit
- deny
- deassert
Synonyms
- affirm
- asseverate
- aver
Related terms
Translations
Noun
assert (plural asserts)
- (computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.
Translations
References
- “assert” in the Collins English Dictionary
Further reading
- assert in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- assert in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- assert at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Sastre, Saters, TASers, Tasers, Tesars, asters, reasts, setars, stares, stears, tarses, tasers
Portuguese
Noun
assert m (plural asserts)
- (programming) assert (conditional statement that checks the validity of a value)
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