simulate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 See also 1.3.5 External links 2 Italian 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Latin simulatus, pp. of simulare (“‘to make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign’”) < similis (“‘like’”); see similar.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɪmjʉːleɪt/

[edit] Verb

to 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.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:imitate

[edit] Related terms

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

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• emulate

[edit] External links

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

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

simulate f.

1. Feminine plural form of simulato

[edit] Verb

simulate

1. Second-person plural present tense of simulare.
2. Second-person plural imperative of simulare.
3. Feminine plural of simulato.