simulate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle English symulat (“feigned, similar”), from Latin simulātus, past participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”), from similis (“like”). See similar.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (verb)
- (adjective)
Verb[edit]
simulate (third-person singular simple present simulates, present participle simulating, simple past and past participle simulated)
- To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
- We will use a smoke machine to simulate the fog you will actually encounter.
- This video game simulates a pinball machine.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:imitate
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
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See also[edit]
Adjective[edit]
simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)
Further reading[edit]
- “simulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “simulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
simulate
Participle[edit]
simulate f pl
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
simulate
- inflection of simulare:
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
simulāte
References[edit]
- “simulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
simulate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of simular combined with te
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