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

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

Jones adds that Ms Rice herself wrote the novel after losing her daughter and that this sense of "grief and mourning" is "exceptionally articulated" in the book.

From BBC

“People don't live articulated theological systems,” she said.

From Salon

The problem is that his agenda, as articulated in Project 2025, wants to discontinue temporary worker visas.

From Salon

Related Words

• articulate
• choral
• operatic
• verbal