"perambulate" meaning in English

See perambulate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pəɹˈæmbjʊˌleɪt/, /pəɹˈæmbjəˌleɪt/ Audio: en-uk-perambulate.ogg [UK] Forms: perambulates [present, singular, third-person], perambulating [participle, present], perambulated [participle, past], perambulated [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- 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 perambulō Latin perambulātusbor. English perambulate Borrowed from Latin perambulō, perambulātus. Equivalent to per- + ambulate. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|la:perambulātus|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- 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 perambulō Latin perambulātusbor. English perambulate [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "through, along; during", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "before", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*per-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*peri-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "per-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "gloss" : "walk; traverse", "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", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "perambulō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "perambulātus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "perambulate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="perambulate">, {{bor|en|la|perambulo|perambulō, perambulātus}} Latin perambulō, perambulātus, {{af|en|per-<id:through>|ambulate}} per- + ambulate Head templates: {{en-verb}} perambulate (third-person singular simple present perambulates, present participle perambulating, simple past and past participle perambulated)
  1. (intransitive) To walk around, roam, or stroll. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: ambulate Translations (roam, stroll): обхождам (obhoždam) (Bulgarian), обикалям (obikaljam) (Bulgarian), durchreisen (German), máirseáil (Irish), przechadzać się [imperfective] (Polish), perambular (Portuguese), vaguear (Portuguese), passear (Portuguese), бродить (broditʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-perambulate-en-verb-bG~su8dz Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with per- (through), Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Gaits Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with per- (through): 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Gaits: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'roam, stroll': 97 3
  2. (transitive) To inspect (an area) on foot. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-perambulate-en-verb-Pn12YhzR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: absquatulate, perambulation, perambulator Related terms: amble

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *per-der.\nProto-Italic *peri-\nLatin per-\nProto-Indo-European *h₂ent-\nProto-Indo-European *-s\nProto-Indo-European *h₂énts?\nProto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder.\nProto-Italic *amβi-\nLatin ambi-\nProto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der.\nProto-Italic *alō\nLatin *alō\nLatin ambulō\nLatin perambulō\nLatin perambulātusbor.\nEnglish perambulate\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"through, along; during\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"before\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*per-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*peri-\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"per-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }, { \"gloss\" : \"walk; traverse\", \"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\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"perambulō\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"perambulātus\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"perambulate\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"perambulate\">",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "perambulo",
        "4": "perambulō, perambulātus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin perambulō, perambulātus",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "per-<id:through>",
        "3": "ambulate"
      },
      "expansion": "per- + ambulate",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *per-der.\nProto-Italic *peri-\nLatin per-\nProto-Indo-European *h₂ent-\nProto-Indo-European *-s\nProto-Indo-European *h₂énts?\nProto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder.\nProto-Italic *amβi-\nLatin ambi-\nProto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der.\nProto-Italic *alō\nLatin *alō\nLatin ambulō\nLatin perambulō\nLatin perambulātusbor.\nEnglish perambulate\nBorrowed from Latin perambulō, perambulātus. Equivalent to per- + ambulate.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "perambulates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perambulating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perambulated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perambulated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "perambulate (third-person singular simple present perambulates, present participle perambulating, simple past and past participle perambulated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "amble"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: ambulate (sometimes synonymous)"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              92,
              103
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1890, William Booth, “The regimentation of the unemployed”, in In Darkest England and the Way Out:",
          "text": "Take, for instance, one of the most wretched classes of the community, the poor fellows who perambulate the streets as Sandwich Men. These are farmed out by certain firms.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              98,
              111
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1906, Jack London, chapter XVIII, in Before Adam:",
          "text": "They dragged themselves from the swamp singly, and in twos and threes, more dead than alive, mere perambulating skeletons, until at last there were thirty of us.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To walk around, roam, or stroll."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "walk around",
          "walk around"
        ],
        [
          "roam",
          "roam"
        ],
        [
          "stroll",
          "stroll"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To walk around, roam, or stroll."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ambulate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              141,
              153
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1903, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter IV, in Edinburgh:",
          "text": "The officials, in their gowns of grey, with a white St. Andrew’s cross on back and breast, and a white cloth carried before them on a staff, perambulated the city, adding the terror of man’s justice to the fear of God’s visitation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To inspect (an area) on foot."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inspect",
          "inspect"
        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ],
        [
          "foot",
          "foot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To inspect (an area) on foot."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pəɹˈæmbjʊˌleɪt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəɹˈæmbjəˌleɪt/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/En-uk-perambulate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "obhoždam",
      "sense": "roam, stroll",
      "word": "обхождам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "obikaljam",
      "sense": "roam, stroll",
      "word": "обикалям"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "roam, stroll",
      "word": "durchreisen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "roam, stroll",
      "word": "máirseáil"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "roam, stroll",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przechadzać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "roam, stroll",
      "word": "perambular"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "roam, stroll",
      "word": "vaguear"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "roam, stroll",
      "word": "passear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "broditʹ",
      "sense": "roam, stroll",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "бродить"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perambulate"
}

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