perambulation

Meaning

1. (countable, rare, uncountable) A survey, a tour; a walking around.
2. (countable, uncountable) An English legal ceremony in which an official from a town or parish walks around it to delineate and record its boundaries.
3. (countable, uncountable) The district thus inspected.

Synonyms

saunter

stroll

promenade

walk

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airing

amble

pacing

ramble

revolution

turn

walking

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beat

pass

frame

walkabout

bummel

round

run

circuit

step

circle

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throw

tour

sight seeing

jaunt

lap

lounge

mosey

outing

Translations

paseo

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περίπατος

promenade

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βόλτα

Besichtigung

περιήγηση

flâner

déambulation

camminata

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giro

giretto

passeggiatina

passeggio

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: perambulacioun

In summary

From Middle English perambulacioun, from Anglo-Norman and Latin. By surface analysis, perambulate + -ation or per- + ambulation.