simulate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪmjʉːleɪt/

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

Translations

See also

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, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

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

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
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