- 1(of a person) good at expressing ideas or feelings clearly in words He was unusually articulate for a ten-year-old. She is the most articulate critic of government policy.
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- 2(of speech) clearly expressed or pronounced All we could hear were loud sobs, but no articulate words. opposite inarticulate
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