verb

urinate

YOOR-rih-nayt

verb

To release urine from the body.

"The dog needed to urinate after the long car ride."

How to Use Urinate

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe formal or medical way of saying "to pee."

When to use it

More formal/clinical than "pee" or "wee," typically used in medical or polite contexts.

urinated past tense, urinates singular

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From Medieval Latin urinātus, from urinō, "to urinate," built on the root of "urine."

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