urinate
Americanverb (used without object)
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urinates,
present (3rd person singular)
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urinated,
past participle, past
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urinating
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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urinatesimple
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urinatessimple
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have urinatedperfect
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has urinatedperfect
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am urinatingprogressive
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are urinatingprogressive
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is urinatingprogressive
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have been urinatingperfect progressive
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has been urinatingperfect progressive
Past
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urinatedsimple
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had urinatedperfect
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was urinatingprogressive
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were urinatingprogressive
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had been urinatingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of urinate
1590–1600; < Medieval Latin ūrīnātus, past participle of ūrīnāre, equivalent to Latin ūrīn ( a ) urine + -ātus -ate 1
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Symptoms include an urgent and frequent need to urinate.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Desperate and in pain from trying not to urinate, Anaïs found a cafe that let her use their toilet.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
In reality, artificially boosting testosterone, especially if not medically indicated, can shrink testicles, lower sperm counts and even make it harder to urinate.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
The incident occurred Saturday night when the off-duty deputy let the 5-year-old Belgian Malinois, named Santi, out into the yard to urinate, according to a news release by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
We picked our way carefully through fear of snakes down a faint footpath to the edge of the trees to urinate.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
All of these differences, Yamamoto explained, could determine how contagiously each species of primate urinates.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2025
She said she is drinking so little herself, she only urinates every other day.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2023
“Her mother badgered the school until they agreed to put a litter box in one of the stalls. So this girl goes into the litter room or to the girl’s room and urinates or whatever.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
He urinates by a “urinating strictly forbidden” notice, raises hell in a horse-drawn cart in an impromptu spaghetti-western parody and lies to another boy to take over his job at a bus for the day.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
In the De Secretis Mulierum, wrongly attributed to Albertus Magnus, it is laid down that "the virgin urinates higher than the woman."
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy by Havelock Ellis
The elephants, after ransacking her house and eating her corn, urinated on what remained of her grain supply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Terrified, the young boy urinated on himself and remained in his soiled clothes until he and his family were transferred to a Texas detention center.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2025
Nearby, at Rage Ground, where people pay to vent their anger by breaking dishes and smashing cars, at least one homeless man has defecated and urinated outside the business.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
Taking care to not stress the animals or get too close, the researchers followed the monkeys, which are habituated to human presence, until they urinated.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2024
A child ahead of them urinated on a wall, watching them with solemn eyes as they slipped past.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
The most frequently reported side effects were dry mouth, nausea, insomnia, and difficulty urinating.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Also, the dog stained the oak floors by regularly urinating in the living room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
During police interview he claimed his DNA must have transferred to her clothing as he had been sleeping and urinating in the area.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
She mentions her plan to attend a bridal fashion show with Charlotte, LTW and Carrie, and he snidely deems marriage to be a joke, urinating as he says it to accentuate his disdain.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2025
No, I'm not the urinating champion of all time.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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