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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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scream
English
Etymology
From Middle English scremen, scræmen, probably from a fusion of Middle Dutch scremen (“to yell; shout”) and Old Norse skræma (“to terrify; scare”); compare Dutch schremen (“to shout; yell; cry”), Swedish skrämma (“to spook; frighten”), Danish skræmme (“to scare”), West Frisian skrieme (“to weep”). Compare also Swedish skräna (“to yell; shout; howl”), Dutch schreien (“to cry; weep”), German schreien (“to scream”). Related to shriek, skrike.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sk?i?m/
- (General American) enPR: skr?m, IPA(key): /sk?im/
- Rhymes: -i?m
Noun
scream (plural screams)
- A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.
- A loud vocalisation of many animals, especially in response to pain or fear.
- (music) A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier
- (printers' slang) exclamation mark
Translations
Verb
scream (third-person singular simple present screams, present participle screaming, simple past and past participle screamed or (nonstandard) screamt)
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, shout outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shout
- (intransitive, figuratively)
- To move quickly; to race.
- Synonyms: speed, zoom; see also Thesaurus:move quickly, Thesaurus:rush
- (informal) To be very indicative of; clearly having the characteristics of.
- To move quickly; to race.
Conjugation
Translations
Anagrams
- crames, creams, cremas, macers, recams
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