simulate
to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
to make a pretense of; feign: to simulate knowledge.
to assume or have the appearance or characteristics of: He simulated the manners of the rich.
Archaic. simulated.
Origin of simulate
1Other 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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British Dictionary definitions for simulate
to make a pretence of; feign: to simulate anxiety
to reproduce the conditions of (a situation, etc), as in carrying out an experiment: to simulate weightlessness
to assume or have the appearance of; imitate
archaic assumed or simulated
Origin of simulate
1Derived forms of simulate
- simulative, adjective
- simulatively, adverb
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