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articulating

articulating is the present participle and gerund of articulate.

Meaning of articulate

Verb

articulate (third-person singular simple present articulates, present participle articulating, simple past and past participle articulated)

  1. (transitive) To make clear or effective.
  2. (ambitransitive) To speak clearly; to enunciate.
    • I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly.
  3. (transitive) To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
    • I like this painting, but I can’t articulate why.
  4. (transitive) To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
    • an articulated bus
  5. (transitive) To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
    • Articulate that passage heavily.
  6. (intransitive) To form a joint or connect by joints.
    • The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.

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Questions about articulating

What is articulating the present participle and gerund of?
Articulating is the present participle and gerund of articulate.

Words near articulating in the dictionary

  1. articulated skeletons
  2. articulateds
  3. articulately
  4. articulateness
  5. articulates
  6. articulating
  7. articulation
  8. Articulation Index
  9. Articulation Indexes
  10. Articulation Indices
  11. articulation point

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