adj
Meaning 1
Striving to excel, ambitious, emulous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
emulate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈem.jə.læɪt/
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 M Y AH0 L EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To attempt to equal or be the same as.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To copy or imitate, especially a person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- People are endlessly fascinating, even if you'd never want to emulate them.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 5
of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
Meaning 6
compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compete, vie, contend
verb
Meaning 7
imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: imitate
verb
Meaning 8
strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: imitate, copy, simulate
History
Etymology
First attested in 1586; borrowed from Latin aemulātus, perfect active participle of Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 效仿 (xiàofǎng) — to attempt to equal or be the same as
- Finnish: emuloida — to attempt to equal or be the same as
- French: émuler — to attempt to equal or be the same as
- Portuguese: emular — to attempt to equal or be the same as
- Swedish: söka efterlikna — to attempt to equal or be the same as
- Catalan: emular — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- Chinese Mandarin: 模仿 (mófǎng) — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- Dutch: imiteren — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- Dutch: nadoen — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- Finnish: jäljitellä — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- Finnish: matkia — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- French: émuler — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- French: imiter — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- German: nachahmen — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- Latin: aemulor — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- Manx: eiyr er — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- Occitan: emular — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- Portuguese: emular — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- Romanian: emula — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- Romanian: imita — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- Spanish: emular — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- Swedish: efterlikna — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- Turkish: öykünmek — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- Welsh: efelychu — to copy or imitate, especially a person
- French: émuler — to feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy
- Old Irish: étaigidir — to feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy
- Turkish: çekememek — to feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy
- Turkish: kıskanmak — to feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy
- Bulgarian: емули́рам (emulíram) — in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
- Catalan: emular — in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
- Finnish: emuloida — in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
- German: emulieren — in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
- Malay: melagak — in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
- Romanian: emula — in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
- Spanish: emular — in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
- Swedish: emulera — in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
- Turkish: öykünmek — in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device