simulate
Use Simulate in a sentence
yəˌleɪt; verb (used with object)
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.
3.
to assume or have the appearance or characteristics of: He simulated the manners of the rich.
adjective
4.
Archaic. simulated.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin simulātus (past participle of simulāre), equivalent to simul- (variant of simil-, base of similis similar) + -ātus -ate1
1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin simulātus (past participle of simulāre), equivalent to simul- (variant of simil-, base of similis similar) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
sim·u·la·tive·ly, adverb
non·sim·u·late, adjective
non·sim·u·la·tive, adjective
un·sim·u·lat·ed, adjective
Synonyms
2. pretend, counterfeit. 3. affect.
2. pretend, counterfeit. 3. affect.
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| simulate | |
| —vb | |
| 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 |
| —adj | |
| 4. | archaic assumed or simulated |
| [C17: from Latin simulāre to copy, from similis like] | |
| 'simulative | |
| —adj | |
| 'simulatively | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
simulate
1622 (implied in simulated), from L. simulatus, pp. of simulare (see simulation). First record of simulated in sense of "imitative for purposes of experiment or training" is from 1966.
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Example sentences
Going underwater isn't the only way to simulate weightlessness.
Such a vast environment is almost impossible to simulate in a free algorithmic format.
Have one member of the pair move their end up and down to simulate a wave.
The researchers used two loudspeakers to simulate the voices of a pair of duetting wrens to other birds.
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