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English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English symulat (“feigned, similar”), from Latin simulātus, past participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”), from similis (“like”). See similar.
Pronunciation
Verb
simulate (third-person singular simple present simulates, present participle simulating, simple past and past participle simulated)
- To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
We will use a smoke machine to simulate the fog you will actually encounter.
This video game simulates a pinball machine.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
See also
Adjective
simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)
- (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.
1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches:under simulate religion
Further reading
- “simulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “simulate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Adjective
simulate
- feminine plural of simulato
Participle
simulate f pl
- feminine plural of simulato
Etymology 2
Verb
simulate
- inflection of simulare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
simulāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of simulō
References
- “simulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Spanish
Verb
simulate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of simular combined with te