simulate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simulātus, past participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”), from similis (“like”). See similar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪm.jʊˌleɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪm.jəˌleɪt/

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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

Related terms

► English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-‎ (0 c, 53 e)

• simulator

Translations

to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior

• Catalan: simular (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 模拟 (zh) (mónĭ)

• Czech: simulovat (cs)
• Danish: simulere
• Esperanto: simuli
• Finnish: simuloida (fi)
• French: simuler (fr), ^{(please verify)} imiter (fr)
• German: simulieren (de), nachahmen (de)
• Indonesian: menirukan, mensimulasikan
• Japanese: シミュレートする (shimyurēto-suru)
• Latin: simulo, similo, simis sum, accedo (la)

• Malay: mensimulasikan
• Maori: whakatau
• Polish: symulować (pl)
• Portuguese: simular (pt)
• Romanian: simula (ro)
• Russian: симули́ровать (ru) (simulírovatʹ)
• Spanish: simular (es)
• Swedish: simulera (sv)
• Turkish: simule etmek, benzetmek
• Luganda: okopa

See also

• emulate

Adjective

simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)

1. (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.
   • 1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches

     under simulate religion

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• sultiame

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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

• emulasti

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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