simulate

[ verb sim-yuh-leyt; adjective sim-yuh-lit, -leyt ]
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verb (used with object),sim·u·lat·ed, sim·u·lat·ing.
  1. to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.

  2. to make a pretense of; feign: to simulate knowledge.

  1. to assume or have the appearance or characteristics of: He simulated the manners of the rich.

adjective
  1. Archaic. simulated.

Origin of simulate

1
1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) <Latin simulātus (past participle of simulāre), equivalent to simul- (variant of simil-, base of similissimilar) + -ātus-ate1

Other words for simulate

Other words from simulate

  • sim·u·la·tive, sim·u·la·to·ry [sim-yuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˈsɪm yə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective
  • sim·u·la·tive·ly, adverb
  • non·sim·u·late, adjective
  • non·sim·u·la·tive, adjective
  • un·sim·u·lat·ed, adjective
  • un·sim·u·lat·ing, adjective
  • un·sim·u·la·tive, adjective
  • well-sim·u·lat·ed, adjective

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How to use simulate in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for simulate

simulate

verb(ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt) (tr)
  1. to make a pretence of; feign: to simulate anxiety

  2. to reproduce the conditions of (a situation, etc), as in carrying out an experiment: to simulate weightlessness

  1. to assume or have the appearance of; imitate

adjective(ˈsɪmjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt)
  1. archaic assumed or simulated

Origin of simulate

1
C17: from Latin simulāre to copy, from similis like

Derived forms of simulate

  • simulative, adjective
  • simulatively, adverb

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