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to urinate

to urinate

69 3.3
To pass urine
  • verb
  • /ˈjʊrəˌneɪt/
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  • When Norm needed to urinate, Billy pulled a curtain around the bed.
  • finish urinating
  • urinate and defecate
  • times when you urinated

If we don't urinate for a few days, we die.

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Examples

  • And I have this burning sensation when I urinate...

  • My prostate doctor said.. ..that I have to urinate whenever possible.

  • Now you are around your child and you know how often they urinate during the day.

  • You must learn how to urinate at night without working them all up!

  • I considered walking around to urinate on the other side of it.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • If we don't urinate for a few days, we die.

  • If you are losing a tremendous amount of water through sweat, you will hardly urinate at all.

  • I have to urinate.

  • SS Trave finally finished urinating, letting the last drop drip off.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • After drinking lots of water, I need to urinate before the long car ride.

Synonyms

to piss
vsto urinate
  • Offensive
947 8.3

To pass urine in rude speech

is the neutral non-vulgar term used in formal or medical contexts
to pee
vsto urinate
  • Informal
371 2.6

To let out the body's yellow liquid

is the neutral clinical expression rather than casual everyday wording
to use the bathroom
vsto urinate
  • US
77 1.1

To go to the toilet to pee or poo

names the specific bodily act of releasing urine rather than any toilet purpose
to take a piss
vsto urinate
  • Offensive
52 9.9

To pee in a rude way

is the neutral expression rather than coarse slang used in speech
to take a leak
vsto urinate
  • NSFW
41 9.3

To pee or pass urine from your body

is the neutral choice used in polite or technical contexts
to relieve oneself
vsto urinate
  • Formal
11 7.5

To pee or poo, usually in a toilet

is limited to the specific bodily discharge of urine not general restroom use
to wee
vsto urinate
  • UK
5 9.5

To pee when you need the toilet

is the clinical neutral expression rather than the milder family wording
to wee-wee
vsto urinate
  • Baby Talk
4 9.7

To pee when you need to go to the toilet

is the neutral adult phrase rather than playful child speech
to pee-pee
vsto urinate
  • Baby Talk
2 8.1

To pass urine from the body, often said to children

is the adult neutral term not the childish form used with toddlers
to piddle
vsto urinate
  • Baby Talk
1 9.2

To pee, often used about children or animals

is the general adult-focused neutral term not the animal or childish form
to make water
vsto urinate
  • NSFW
1 9.1

To pass urine from the body

is the modern neutral phrasing rather than the archaic polite form
to spend a penny
vsto urinate
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To go to the toilet to pee

is specific to the bodily act of discharging urine rather than polite implication
to micturate
vsto urinate
  • Specialized
9.9

To pass urine from the body

is the neutral term rather than technical medical language
to pass water
vsto urinate
  • UK
7.6

To let urine come out of your body

is the standard neutral descriptor for the same bodily action
making water
vsto urinate
  • Archaic
9.9

An act of peeing to empty your bladder

is the straightforward neutral term rather than formal old-fashioned speech
passing water
vsto urinate
  • UK
8.2

To let out urine from the body

is the direct neutral description rather than a euphemistic polite phrase
to relieve nature
vsto urinate
  • Archaic
8.4

To go to the toilet to pee or poo

is focused only on urine discharge rather than general restroom needs

How Strong

to void
  • NSFW
3 9.4
to urinate
69 3.3
leak
  • NSFW
42 8.1
to dribble
15 2.8

Surface Forms

urinate infinitive
urinated past
urinated past participle
urinating present participle
urinates third person singular

Morphology

urinate = urine (transparent) = urine + ate

Standard verb formation from the noun 'urine' with the verb-forming suffix '-ate', meaning 'to discharge urine'; the derivation is clear to learners.

Etymology

The word urinate comes from the Latin word urina, which means 'urine'. So, urinate simply means 'to pass urine' or 'to pass water', and this is why we have related words like urine and urinal.