simulate
English
Etymology
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
- (verb)
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪm.jʊˌleɪt/
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- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪm.jəˌleɪt/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪm.jʊˌleɪt/
- (adjective)
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪm.jʊ.lɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪm.jə.lət/
Verb
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.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:imitate
Derived terms
- simulative
- simulatively
Related terms
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem- (0 c, 73 e)
- simulator
Translations
to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
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See also
- emulate
Adjective
simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)
- (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.
- 1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches
- under simulate religion
- 1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches
Further reading
- simulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- simulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Anagrams
- sultiame
Italian
Adjective
simulate
- feminine plural of simulato
Participle
simulate f pl
- feminine plural of simulato
Verb
simulate
- inflection of simulare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Anagrams
- emulasti
Latin
Verb
simulāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of simulō
References
- “simulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers