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emulate
[em-yuh-leyt, em-yuh-lit]
verb (used with object)
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.
adjective
Obsolete., emulous.
emulate
/ ˈɛmjʊˌleɪt /
verb
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
Other Word Forms
- emulator noun
- emulatively adverb
- emulative adjective
- nonemulative adjective
- overemulate verb (used with object)
- unemulative adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of emulate1
Example Sentences
The complaint said the attackers "developed a program to enable them to emulate legitimate WhatsApp network traffic in order to transmit malicious code" to take over the devices.
It’s a chance for them to learn how to adapt to surroundings that emulate the challenges of the world outside the center.
Tadej Pogacar revealed that he had a chat with Eddy Merckx after winning Il Lombardia for a record-breaking fifth straight time on Saturday, emulating the cycling icon.
Now, Liverpool stands as the model that these teams hope to emulate—even if it took Liverpool a decade to figure it out.
In recent years, South East Asian countries have launched recruitment drives for naturalised players, hoping to emulate Indonesia's strategy of recruiting Dutch-born footballers from the Indonesian diaspora.
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