ambulate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈæm.bjʊ.leɪt/
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/ˈæm.bjʊ.leɪt/ · /ˈæm.bjuˌleɪt/ · /ˈæm.bjəˌleɪt/

Definition of ambulate

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (formal, intransitive)To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
    “Peter slowly ambulated to the bathroom, favoring his strained knee.”
    “I'm working in social services, but I'm also suffering from a lot of chronic pain and limitation. I can't really sit at my desk because I need to ambulate a lot.”

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Etymology

From Latin ambulatus, past participle of ambulō (“to walk, go about”). Doublet of amble.

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