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)
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:imitate
Related terms
▼ <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
to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
See also
Adjective
simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)
- (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bale to this entry?)
Further reading
- simulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- simulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Italian
Verb
simulate
Latin
References
- simulate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.