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ambulates

ambulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ambulate.

Meaning of ambulate

Verb

ambulate (third-person singular simple present ambulates, present participle ambulating, simple past and past participle ambulated)

  1. (formal, intransitive) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
    • For patients who can ambulate, a bedpan is usually not needed.

Questions about ambulates

What is ambulates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ambulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ambulate.

Words near ambulates in the dictionary

  1. ambulant
  2. ambulants
  3. Ambulas
  4. ambulate
  5. ambulated
  6. ambulates
  7. ambulating
  8. ambulation
  9. ambulations
  10. ambulative
  11. ambulator

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