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simulate

[sim-yuh-leyt, sim-yuh-lit, -leyt]

verb (used with object)

simulated, simulating 
  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.

    Synonyms: counterfeit, pretend
  3. to assume or have the appearance or characteristics of.

    He simulated the manners of the rich.

    Synonyms: affect


adjective

  1. Archaic.,  simulated.

simulate

verb

  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

  3. to assume or have the appearance of; imitate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. archaic,  assumed or simulated

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • simulative adjective
  • simulatory adjective
  • simulatively adverb
  • nonsimulate adjective
  • nonsimulative adjective
  • unsimulated adjective
  • unsimulating adjective
  • unsimulative adjective
  • well-simulated adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of simulate1

1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin simulātus (past participle of simulāre ), equivalent to simul- (variant of simil-, base of similis similar ) + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of simulate1

C17: from Latin simulāre to copy, from similis like
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Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Guided by a pilot, the unmanned craft swooped through the winter sky on the hunt to destroy its target: a simulated version of one of the attack drones Moscow regularly uses to terrorise Ukraine.

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In a lab at the University of East Anglia in Norwich we watch as he simulates what a toilet flush does to a wipe.

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However, simulating a galaxy accurately requires calculating gravity, fluid behavior, chemical element formation, and supernova activity across enormous ranges of time and space, which makes the task extremely demanding.

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Japanese car plants run thousands of robots at 0.01% error rates because they simulate before deploying.

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"Today, we must use computers to design an airplane, and the computational resources to design a plane that will fly at Mach 6, simulating all the tiny, fine, little details would be impossible," Parziale explains.

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