simulate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin simulātus, past participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”), from similis (“like”). See similar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
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.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:imitate
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
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See also[edit]
Adjective[edit]
simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)
- (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.
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Further reading[edit]
- simulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- simulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
simulate
Verb[edit]
simulate
- second-person plural present indicative of simulare
- second-person plural imperative of simulare
- feminine plural of simulato
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
simulāte
References[edit]
- simulate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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