simulate

Contents

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simulātus, past participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”), from similis (“like”). See similar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt/, /-jə-/

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:imitate

Related terms

▼ English terms derived from the PIE root *sem-‎ (0 c, 24 e)

  dissemble

  dissimile

  dissimulate

  dissimulation

  dissimulative

  resemblance

  resemble

  same

  semblance

  semblant

  semble

  similar

  similarity

  similarly

  similarness

  simile

  similitude

  simulacrum

  simuland

  simulant

  simulate

  simulation

  simulator

  some

Translations

to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior

• Catalan: simular (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 模拟 (zh) (mónĭ)

• Czech: simulovat (cs)
• Finnish: simuloida (fi)
• French: simuler (fr), ^{(please verify)} imiter (fr)
• German: simulieren (de), nachahmen (de)
• Indonesian: menirukan, mensimulasikan
• Japanese: シミュレートする (shimyurēto-suru)
• Latin: simulo, similo, simis sum, accedo (la)

• Malay: mensimulasikan
• Maori: whakatau
• Polish: symulować (pl)
• Portuguese: simular (pt)
• Romanian: simula (ro)
• Russian: симули́ровать (ru) (simulírovatʹ)
• Spanish: simular (es)
• Swedish: simulera (sv)
• Turkish: simule etmek, benzetmek

See also

• emulate

Adjective

simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)

1. (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.

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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

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Italian

Adjective

simulate

1. feminine plural of simulato

Verb

simulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of simulare
2. second-person plural imperative of simulare
3. feminine plural of simulato

Anagrams

• emulasti

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Latin

Verb

simulāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of simulō

References

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