"ambulate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈæm.bjʊ.leɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈæm.bjuˌleɪt/ [General-American], /ˈæm.bjəˌleɪt/ [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: From Latin ambulatus, past participle of ambulō (“I walk, go about”). Doublet of amble. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂el- (wander)}}, {{uder|en|la|ambulatus}} Latin ambulatus, {{m|la|ambulō||I walk, go about}} ambulō (“I walk, go about”), {{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) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Gaits Derived forms: ambulative, preambulate, reambulate Related terms: ambi-, amble, ambulance, ambulant, ambulation, ambulator, ambulatory, somnambulate, funambulate, circumambulate 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)

Inflected forms

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