simulate
English
editEtymology 1
editFirst attested in 1652; Borrowed from Latin simulātus, perfect passive participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from similis (“like”). See similar.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪm.jʊˌleɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsɪm.jəˌleɪt/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsɪm.jʊˌlæɪt/
Verb
editsimulate (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
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editto model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
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See also
editEtymology 2
editFirst attested in c. 1425, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English symulat(e), simulat(e), similat(e) (“feigned; similar”), borrowed from Latin simulātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsimulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)
Further reading
edit- “simulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “simulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Anagrams
editItalian
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
editsimulate
Participle
editsimulate f pl
Etymology 2
editVerb
editsimulate
- inflection of simulare:
Anagrams
editLatin
editVerb
editsimulāte
References
edit- “simulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Spanish
editVerb
editsimulate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of simular combined with te
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