perambulate – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of perambulate

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to perambulate
Participle: perambulated
Gerund: perambulating

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iperambulate
youperambulate
he;she;itperambulates
weperambulate
youperambulate
theyperambulate

Perfect

Ihave perambulated
youhave perambulated
he;she;ithas perambulated
wehave perambulated
youhave perambulated
theyhave perambulated

Past

Iperambulated
youperambulated
he;she;itperambulated
weperambulated
youperambulated
theyperambulated

Pluperfect

Ihad perambulated
youhad perambulated
he;she;ithad perambulated
wehad perambulated
youhad perambulated
theyhad perambulated

Future

Iwill perambulate
youwill perambulate
he;she;itwill perambulate
wewill perambulate
youwill perambulate
theywill perambulate

Future Perfect

Iwill have perambulated
youwill have perambulated
he;she;itwill have perambulated
wewill have perambulated
youwill have perambulated
theywill have perambulated

Subjunctive

Present

Iperambulate
youperambulate
he;she;itperambulate
weperambulate
youperambulate
theyperambulate

Perfect

Ihave perambulated
youhave perambulated
he;she;ithave perambulated
wehave perambulated
youhave perambulated
theyhave perambulated

Imperfect

Iperambulated
youperambulated
he;she;itperambulated
weperambulated
youperambulated
theyperambulated

Pluperfect

Ihad perambulated
youhad perambulated
he;she;ithad perambulated
wehad perambulated
youhad perambulated
theyhad perambulated

Conditional

Present

Iwould perambulate
youwould perambulate
he;she;itwould perambulate
wewould perambulate
youwould perambulate
theywould perambulate

Perfect

Iwould have perambulated
youwould have perambulated
he;she;itwould have perambulated
wewould have perambulated
youwould have perambulated
theywould have perambulated

Imperative

youperambulate
weLet's perambulate
youperambulate

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam perambulating
youare perambulating
he;she;itis perambulating
weare perambulating
youare perambulating
theyare perambulating

Perfect

Ihave been perambulating
youhave been perambulating
he;she;ithas been perambulating
wehave been perambulating
youhave been perambulating
theyhave been perambulating

Past

Iwas perambulating
youwere perambulating
he;she;itwas perambulating
wewere perambulating
youwere perambulating
theywere perambulating

Pluperfect

Ihad been perambulating
youhad been perambulating
he;she;ithad been perambulating
wehad been perambulating
youhad been perambulating
theyhad been perambulating

Future

Iwill be perambulating
youwill be perambulating
he;she;itwill be perambulating
wewill be perambulating
youwill be perambulating
theywill be perambulating

Future Perfect

Iwill have been perambulating
youwill have been perambulating
he;she;itwill have been perambulating
wewill have been perambulating
youwill have been perambulating
theywill have been perambulating

Conditional

Present

Iwould be perambulating
youwould be perambulating
he;she;itwould be perambulating
wewould be perambulating
youwould be perambulating
theywould be perambulating

Perfect

Iwould have been perambulating
youwould have been perambulating
he;she;itwould have been perambulating
wewould have been perambulating
youwould have been perambulating
theywould have been perambulating

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1568, from L. perambulatus, pp. of perambulare "to walk through, go through," from per- "through" + ambulare "to walk." Perambulator "one who perambulates" is first recorded 1611; sense of "baby carriage" is first recorded 1856; often colloquially shortened to pram.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
4. Proto-Italic *peri-
5. Latin per-
6. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
7. Proto-Indo-European *-s
8. Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?
9. Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder.
10. Proto-Italic *amβi-
11. Latin ambi-
12. Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der.
13. Proto-Italic *alō
14. Latin *alō
15. Latin ambulō
16. Latin perambulō
17. Latin perambulātusbor.
18. English perambulate
19. Borrowed from Latin perambulō, perambulātus. Equivalent to per- + ambulate. See: Latin 'perambulo'.

Sample Sentences

  • Near-synonym: ambulate (sometimes synonymous)
  • 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. [1890, William Booth, “The regimentation of the unemployed”, in In Darkest England and the Way Out:]
  • 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. [1906, Jack London, chapter XVIII, in Before Adam:]
  • 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. [1903, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter IV, in Edinburgh:]