articulate
v.v. to express your thoughts or feelings clearly and effectively in words. You use this when someone is very good at explaining a difficult idea.
v. to pronounce words distinctly or to express an idea or feeling fluently and coherently. Transitive — requires a direct object, typically an abstract noun like 'vision', 'concern', or 'argument'.
She struggled to articulate her feelings about the move.
The manager asked the team to articulate their concerns during the meeting so that every issue could be addressed.
A successful politician must be able to articulate a clear vision for the future while simultaneously addressing the immediate, practical anxieties of the voting public.
The adjective is first attested in 1531, the verb in 1551; borrowed from Latin articulātus (“distinct, articulated, jointed”), perfect passive participle of articulō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object. In technical contexts, it can also mean to form a joint or connect by joints.
He articulated about the planHe articulated the planArticulate is a transitive verb; it should be followed directly by the object without the preposition 'about'.