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- Dictionaryperambulate/pəˈrambjʊleɪt/
verb
- 1. walk or travel through or round a place or area, especially for pleasure and in a leisurely way: "the locals perambulate up and down the thoroughfare"
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perambulate. verb [ I ] old use uk / pəˈræm.bjə.leɪt / us / pəˈræm.bjə.leɪt /. Add to word list. Add to word list. to walk about for pleasure. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Walking and walkers. bring/call something/someone to heel idiom.
1. : to travel over or through especially on foot : traverse. 2. : to make an official inspection of (a boundary) on foot. intransitive verb. : stroll. perambulation. pə-ˌram-byə-ˈlā-shən. noun. perambulatory. pə-ˈram-byə-lə-ˌtȯr-ē. adjective. Synonyms. course. cover. cross. cut (across) follow. go. navigate.
Perambulate definition: to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse. . See examples of PERAMBULATE used in a sentence.
When you walk for the sake of taking a walk, you perambulate. It's an old-fashioned way to describe taking an after-dinner stroll or a meander through the zoo. The Latin word at the root of perambulate is ambulare, "to walk," and the more common word amble shares this origin.
Definition of 'perambulate' Word Frequency. perambulate. (pəræmbjʊleɪt ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense perambulates , present participle perambulating , past tense, past participle perambulated. verb. When someone perambulates, they walk about for pleasure. [old-fashioned]
(Definition of perambulate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of perambulate. perambulate. People aren't supposed to be perambulating through these places. From The Atlantic. I saw college and high school classes perambulate and gaze. From Plain Dealer.
1. to walk through, about, or over; traverse. 2. to examine or inspect the boundaries of by walking through. v.i. 3. to stroll. [1560–70; < Latin perambulātus, past participle of perambulāre to walk through] per•am`bu•la′tion, n. per•am′bu•la•to`ry (-ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj.
Definition of perambulate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. perambulated, perambulates, perambulating. To walk about; stroll. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To walk through, over, around, etc., esp. in examining or inspecting. Webster's New World. To walk around so as to officially inspect and maintain the boundary of (a forest, estate, etc.) Webster's New World.
per•am•bu•late /pərˈæmbyəˌleɪt/ v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. to walk through, about, or over; traverse: [ no object] They perambulated about the park for a while. [ ~ + object] They perambulated the fields.
