simulate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simulātus, past participle of simulō (make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign), from similis (like). See similar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt/, /-jə-/

Verb

simulate (third-person singular simple present simulates, present participle simulating, simple past and past participle simulated)

  1. To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
    We will use a smoke machine to simulate the fog you will actually encounter.

Synonyms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*sem-' title='Category:English terms derived from the PIE root *sem-'>English terms derived from the PIE root *sem-</a>‎ (0 c, 24 e)
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/dissemble' title='dissemble'>dissemble</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/dissimile' title='dissimile'>dissimile</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/dissimulate' title='dissimulate'>dissimulate</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/dissimulation' title='dissimulation'>dissimulation</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/dissimulative' title='dissimulative'>dissimulative</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/resemblance' title='resemblance'>resemblance</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/resemble' title='resemble'>resemble</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/same' title='same'>same</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/semblance' title='semblance'>semblance</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/semblant' title='semblant'>semblant</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/semble' title='semble'>semble</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/similar' title='similar'>similar</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/similarity' title='similarity'>similarity</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/similarly' title='similarly'>similarly</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/similarness' title='similarness'>similarness</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/simile' title='simile'>simile</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/similitude' title='similitude'>similitude</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/simulacrum' title='simulacrum'>simulacrum</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/simuland' title='simuland'>simuland</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/simulant' title='simulant'>simulant</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/simulate' title='simulate'>simulate</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/simulation' title='simulation'>simulation</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/simulator' title='simulator'>simulator</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/some' title='some'>some</a>

Translations

See also

Adjective

simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)

  1. (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bale to this entry?)

Further reading

Anagrams


Italian

Adjective

simulate

  1. feminine plural of simulato

Verb

simulate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of simulare
  2. second-person plural imperative of simulare
  3. feminine plural of simulato

Anagrams


Latin

Verb

simulāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of simulō

References

  • simulate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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