simulate
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin simulātus, past participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”), from similis (“like”). See similar.
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VerbEdit
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.
SynonymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:imitate
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TranslationsEdit
to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
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AdjectiveEdit
simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)
- (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.
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Further readingEdit
- simulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- simulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
AnagramsEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
simulate
VerbEdit
simulate
- second-person plural present indicative of simulare
- second-person plural imperative of simulare
- feminine plural of simulato