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English
Etymology
From Latin ambulatus, past participle of ambulō (“I walk, go about”). Doublet of amble.
Pronunciation
Verb
ambulate (third-person singular simple present ambulates, present participle ambulating, simple past and past participle ambulated)
- (intransitive) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
Peter slowly ambulated to the bathroom, favoring his strained knee.
Synonyms
See Thesaurus:walk
Derived terms
Translations
walk; relocate oneself using one's legs
Further reading
- “ambulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “ambulate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin
Verb
ambulāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of ambulō
Participle
ambulāte
- vocative masculine singular of ambulātus
Spanish
Verb
ambulate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of ambular combined with te