articulable
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7.7
- adjective
- /ɑrˈtɪkjʊləbəl/
:
expresable
- The process of putting spoken language into writing is governed by consciously contrived, articulable rules.
Examples
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In Caballes, the Court considered "whether the Fourth Amendment requires reasonable, articulable suspicion to justify using a drug-detection dog to sniff a vehicle during a legitimate traffic stop." 80
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Policy-wise, Triumph is like a Mitt Romney speech: Glaeser gets the part about the necessity of a clearly articulable high-level strategy.
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The courts recognize "reasonable fear," which must be based on a person's or officer's prior knowledge and must be based on articulable facts.
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Fear, based on articulable facts (prior knowledge) = reasonable fear.
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Now exactly what "articulable facts" support "a reasonable suspicion that a person has committed a criminal offense" did Crowley have?
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The Fourth Amendment has been systematically whittled away by concepts like "reasonably articulable suspicion," but even today, it's not enough for a custodial arrest.
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The Supreme Court has described pat downs as a cursory check of the outer clothing of a person by a police officer, upon articulable suspicion that the officer's safety is at risk of being compromised.
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If we do not insist that TSA work to create articulable policies that make sense, procedures that are explicit and consistent, and training that supports both, then we are complicit in what will inevitably be an ultimate compromise of TSA.
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The teacher encouraged her students to present their ideas in an articulable manner during the debate.
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For effective communication, thoughts must be articulable so that listeners can understand them clearly.
Synonyms
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4.4
Easy to hear and understand
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3.7
A thing you can describe clearly or show its clear limits
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2.7
Able to be put into words
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5.3
Able to be put into words or shown by actions
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7.9
Clear and easy to understand
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6.4
Clear and easy to understand, especially in writing or speech
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7.5
Most people can understand it easily
Can be expressed in words
Possible to put into words and speak
Clear and easy to understand speech or writing
Antonyms
How Expressible
Surface Forms
Morphology
articulable = articulate (transparent) = articulate + able
Formed by productive suffixation of '-able' to the verb 'articulate', yielding 'able to be expressed', which learners can readily infer.
Etymology
The word articulable comes from the old Latin root articulus meaning 'small joint', the same root you find in articulate and article. Think of putting ideas into clear, joined pieces you can say or write, so articulable means 'able to be clearly expressed'.