"ambulate" meaning in English

See ambulate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈæm.bjʊ.leɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈæm.bjuˌleɪt/ [General-American], /ˈæm.bjəˌleɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ambulate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ambulates [present, singular, third-person], ambulating [participle, present], ambulated [participle, past], ambulated [past]
Rhymes: -æmbjʊleɪt Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der. Proto-Italic *alō Latin *alō Latin ambulō Latin ambulātuslbor. English ambulate From Latin ambulātus, past participle of ambulō (“to walk, go about”). Doublet of amble. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:lbor|la:ambulātus<id:participle>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der. Proto-Italic *alō Latin *alō Latin ambulō Latin ambulātuslbor. English ambulate [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "participle", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "around", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "front", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "front", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂ent-", "gloss" : "face, forehead; front", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "amphikinetic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-s", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂énts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂m̥bʰí", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*amβi-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ambi-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂elh₂-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*alō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "*alō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ambulō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ambulātus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ambulate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="ambulate">, {{lbor|en|la|ambulātus|notext=1}} Latin ambulātus, {{doublet|en|amble}} Doublet of amble Head templates: {{en-verb}} ambulate (third-person singular simple present ambulates, present participle ambulating, simple past and past participle ambulated)
  1. (intransitive, formal) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs. Tags: formal, intransitive Synonyms: ambulate, navigate [informal], pedestrianize [dated], raik [British, dialectal] Derived forms: ambulative, noctambulate, perambulate, preambulate, reambulate Translations (walk; relocate oneself using one's legs): gehen (German), wandeln (German), umherwandeln (German), umherziehen (German), herumspazieren (German), herumwandeln (German), передвига́ться (peredvigátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), ходи́ть (xodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ambular (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "navigate"
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          "word": "pedestrianize"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "walk; relocate oneself using one's legs",
      "word": "gehen"
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      "sense": "walk; relocate oneself using one's legs",
      "word": "wandeln"
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      "sense": "walk; relocate oneself using one's legs",
      "word": "umherwandeln"
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      "sense": "walk; relocate oneself using one's legs",
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      "sense": "walk; relocate oneself using one's legs",
      "word": "herumspazieren"
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      "roman": "peredvigátʹsja",
      "sense": "walk; relocate oneself using one's legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "передвига́ться"
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      "roman": "xodítʹ",
      "sense": "walk; relocate oneself using one's legs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ходи́ть"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "walk; relocate oneself using one's legs",
      "word": "ambular"
    }
  ],
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}

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