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simulate

English

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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simulate (third-person singular simple present simulates, present participle simulating, simple past and past participle simulated)

  1. 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.

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Derived terms

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English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-‎ (0 c, 78 e)

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Adjective

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simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)

  1. (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.
    • 1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches:
      under simulate religion

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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simulate

  1. feminine plural of simulato

Participle

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simulate f pl

  1. feminine plural of simulato

Etymology 2

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Verb

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simulate

  1. inflection of simulare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

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Latin

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Verb

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simulāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of simulō

References

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  • “simulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

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Verb

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simulate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of simular combined with te
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