articulated
Americanadjective
-
made clear or distinct.
articulated sounds.
-
having a joint or joints; jointed.
an articulated appendage.
-
(of a vehicle) built in sections that are hinged or otherwise connected so as to allow flexibility of movement.
an articulated bus; an articulated locomotive.
Other Word Forms
- multiarticulated adjective
- unarticulated adjective
- well-articulated adjective
Etymology
Origin of articulated
First recorded in 1545–55; articulate + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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But he articulated things that hadn’t been part of the American grain, becoming his country’s poet laureate of nature and ethics and its hippie Founding Father.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Policymakers should also come out against opaque processes for obtaining tariff exemptions and rapid changes in tariff rates without an articulated framework.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026
Collins, a case that reaffirmed a rule first articulated in Jones v.
From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026
That silent space, where words don’t work for that character and the trauma which can never be quite articulated, is also connected to the silent space where we hope that art can be created.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
No explicit objectives in the art form are articulated.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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