articulated

[ ahr-tik-yuh-ley-tid ]

adjective

1. made clear or distinct:

   articulated sounds.

2. having a joint or joints; jointed:

   an articulated appendage.

3. (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 Words From

• multi·ar·ticu·lated adjective
• unar·ticu·lated adjective
• well-ar·ticu·lated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of articulated¹

First recorded in 1545–55; articulate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

One week after the attacks of 9/11, Congress passed the Authorization for the Use of Military Force, which undermined its own power in Article I of the Constitution to declare war and weakened its powers of restraint on presidential actions carefully articulated in the 1973 War Powers Resolution, passed to guard against the very kind of secretive engagement in war that Nixon had unilaterally authorized in the Vietnam era.

From Salon

Your last three chapters explore specific examples of how this political philosophy was articulated.

From Salon

Huge metal containers – broken free from their articulated lorries – rested at unfathomable angles amid a jumble of cars, crumpled furniture and treacherous mud.

From BBC

It was first articulated by then-Maj Gen Gadi Eizenkot in 2008 when he was head of the Israeli military’s Northern Command.

From BBC

England prop Joe Marler has apologised for a "poorly articulated" social media post before Saturday's match against New Zealand, where he said the haka "needs binning".

From BBC

Related Words

• articulate
• choral
• operatic
• verbal