emulate
to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass: to emulate one's father as a concert violinist.
to rival with some degree of success: Some smaller cities now emulate the major capitals in their cultural offerings.
Computers.
to imitate (a particular computer system) by using a software system, often including a microprogram or another computer that enables it to do the same work, run the same programs, etc., as the first.
to replace (software) with hardware to perform the same task.
Obsolete. emulous.
Origin of emulate
1Other words for emulate
Other words from emulate
- em·u·la·tive, adjective
- em·u·la·tive·ly, adverb
- em·u·la·tor, noun
- non·em·u·la·tive, adjective
- o·ver·em·u·late, verb (used with object), o·ver·em·u·lat·ed, o·ver·em·u·lat·ing.
- un·em·u·la·tive, adjective
Words that may be confused with emulate
- emulate , immolate
Words Nearby emulate
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How to use emulate in a sentence
In 2019, Apple filed a lawsuit against Corellium, which lets security researchers cheaply and easily test mobile devices by emulating their software rather than requiring them to access the physical devices.
Apple says researchers can vet its child safety features. But it’s suing a startup that does just that. | Patrick Howell O'Neill | August 17, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewWhat’s more, some even sought to emulate the physical attributes the aforementioned TB unleashed upon its victims.
Britain’s example has been emulated by Ireland, Canada, and New Zealand.
The U.S. Can't Move Forward on LGBTQ Rights Without Reparations | Omar G. Encarnación | June 26, 2021 | TimeOf course, you should still run your own experiments, but it’s just more capital-efficient to emulate than to trial-and-error from scratch.
In 2020, the Baltimore Museum of Art moved to acquire works by female artists only for a 12-month period, a strategic shift that could be emulated to promote traditionally underrepresented artists of color as well.
As you exit your teenage years, are there artist you would like to emulate?
Portrait of the Austin Mahone as a Teen Idol | William O’Connor | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe experience is intended to emulate being taken hostage, which feels strange in these very real ISIS horror-drenched times.
A role model is someone whose behaviors one seeks to emulate.
In Chicago, you have rappers like Chief Keef posing with guns, and the young kids there emulate that.
Quincy Jones Talks Chicago’s Mean Streets, Why Kanye West Is No Michael Jackson, and Bieber | Marlow Stern | September 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is not an example that current governments and institutions should emulate.
The Holocaust’s Forgotten Roma Victims | Kristin Raeesi, Glenda Bailey-Mershon, Margareta Matache | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe shall, I know, emulate their steadfastness and achieve a result which will confer added laurels to French and British arms.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonShe had no wish to emulate, but neither did she relish feeling provincial, a chit, an outsider.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonFor, in the first place, who would wish to emulate extraordinary catastrophes?
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2) | Polybius"And one that an Englishman may do well to emulate," returned Bluewater.
The Two Admirals | J. Fenimore CooperNeither do I mean that we should set out to emulate the happy cannibals in the South Seas.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for emulate
/ (ˈɛmjʊˌleɪt) /
to attempt to equal or surpass, esp by imitation
to rival or compete with
to make one computer behave like (another different type of computer) so that the imitating system can operate on the same data and execute the same programs as the imitated system
Origin of emulate
1Derived forms of emulate
- emulative, adjective
- emulatively, adverb
- emulator, noun
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