simulate

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin simulatus, past participle of simulare (“to make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”), from similis (“like”). See similar.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sɪmjʉːleɪt/

VerbEdit

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.

SynonymsEdit

• See also Thesaurus:imitate

Related termsEdit

• similar
• similarity
• simile
• simulacrum
• simuland
• simulant
• simulation
• simulator
• dissimulate

TranslationsEdit

to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 模拟 (zh) (mónĭ)

• Czech: simulovat (cs)
• Finnish: simuloida (fi)
• French: simuler or imiter ?
• 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 alsoEdit

• emulate

AdjectiveEdit

simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)

1. (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bale to this entry?)

Further readingEdit

• simulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• simulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

AnagramsEdit

• sultiame

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ItalianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

simulate

1. feminine plural of simulato

VerbEdit

simulate

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

AnagramsEdit

• emulasti

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

simulāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of simulō

ReferencesEdit

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