adj
Meaning 1
Feigned; pretended.
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
simulate
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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UK: /ˈsɪm.jʊ.lɪt/
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US: /ˈsɪm.jə.lət/
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UK: /ˈsɪm.jʊˌleɪt/
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Canada, US: /ˈsɪm.jəˌleɪt/
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Australian: /ˈsɪm.jʊˌlæɪt/
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CMU ARPABET: S IH1 M Y AH0 L AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: S IH1 M Y AH0 L EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We will use a smoke machine to simulate the fog you will actually encounter.
- This video game simulates a pinball machine.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
make a pretence of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
- he feigned sleep
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: assume, sham, feign
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dissemble, pretend, act
Narrower terms: play, feint
verb
Meaning 4
create a representation or model of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: model
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: re-create
verb
Meaning 5
reproduce someone's behavior or looks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The mime imitated the passers-by
- Children often copy their parents or older siblings
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imitate, copy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reproduce
Narrower terms: follow, conform to, mock, take off, mimic, mime, model, pattern, take after, emulate
History
Etymology
First attested in c. 1425, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English symulat(e), simulat(e), similat(e) (“feigned; similar”), borrowed from Latin simulātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
First attested in 1652; Borrowed from Latin simulātus, perfect passive participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from similis (“like”). See similar.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: shtirem — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Arabic: قَلَّدَ (qallada) — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Bulgarian: симулирам (simuliram) — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Catalan: simular — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Chinese Mandarin: 模拟 (mónǐ) — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Czech: simulovat — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Czech: napodobovat — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Danish: simulere — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Esperanto: simuli — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Eton (Cameroon): bád — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Finnish: simuloida — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- French: simuler — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- German: simulieren — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- German: nachahmen — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Hungarian: szimulál — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Indonesian: menirukan — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Indonesian: menyimulasikan — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Japanese: シミュレートする (shimyurēto-suru) — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Latin: simulo — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Latin: similo — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Latin: simis sum — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Latin: accedo — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Luganda: okopa — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Malay: mensimulasikan — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Māori: whakatau — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Polish: symulować — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Portuguese: simular — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Romanian: simula — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Russian: симули́ровать (simulírovatʹ) — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Serbo-Croatian: simulirati — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Spanish: simular — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Swedish: simulera — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Tagalog: ipagpanggap — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Tagalog: ipagkunwari — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Tagalog: ipagkunwa — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Turkish: simule etmek, benzetmek — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
- Ukrainian: симулюва́ти (symuljuváty) — to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
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