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# ambulate

«ambulate» in Mova's school dictionary: **to walk or move about** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (ambulate, ambulates, ambulated, ambulating)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal, medical) To ambulate is to walk or move about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambulate/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in hospitals and medical reports («The patient can ambulate with a frame»). In everyday life people say «walk».

### examples

- After the operation, the patient began to ambulate with help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambulate/#x1)
- The nurse helped Grandpa ambulate down the corridor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambulate/#x2)
- He can now ambulate without crutches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambulate/#x3)
- Patients are encouraged to ambulate soon after surgery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambulate/#x4)
- The robot could ambulate on two legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambulate/#x5)
- The doctor checked how well she could ambulate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambulate/#x6)

### note

Formal, medical word. Related: «ambulance» (originally a moving hospital), «ambulatory» (able to walk). Use «walk» in ordinary writing.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ambulate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambulate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.