simulate
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