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simulate

[ verb sim-yuh-leyt; adjective sim-yuh-lit, -leyt ]

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.

    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


adjective

  1. archaic.
    assumed or simulated

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Derived Forms

  • ˈsimulatively, adverb
  • ˈsimulative, adjective

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Other Words From

  • simu·lative sim·u·la·to·ry [sim, -y, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], 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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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

The computer models that simulate weather and climate aren’t very good at capturing all aspects of an MJO.

SoundSpaces simulates sounds you might hear in an indoor environment, like doors opening and closing, water running, a TV show playing, or a phone ringing.

Our findings showed that the brain uses distinct patterns of activity for prediction errors and “simulated” prediction errors.

When the restaurant was empty during lockdown, Li and his colleagues tested the theory with a few human volunteers, some mannequins and harmless gas droplets to trace and simulate the spread.

The playable ad is a short version of a mobile game that simulates the gameplay of an advertised app.

Back then there were no vapor cigarettes for you simulate smoking.

Among its primary goals is to simulate a human brain using a vast network of connected supercomputers.

Previous attempts to simulate brain processes used software, silicon chips, or a combination of both.

But as a Hollywood music man, his job, in a sense, is to simulate it.

The player squats on the Balance Board, and then lifts to their toes to simulate jumping (never jump on the Balance Board).

The walking may simulate paralytic forms if hysteria is mixed with the neurasthenia.

He had never even been able so to simulate tenderness as to succeed in singing a pathetic song.

His dozen-odd UN regulars and Turkish partisans had done their best to simulate a paratroop attack in force.

Have feet raised from the floor eight or ten inches, in order to simulate the squatting position.

But there is no ingenuity which can simulate that soft cartilage on the end of the breast bone.

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