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simulate

[sim-yuh-leyt, sim-yuh-lit, -leyt]

verb (used with object)

simulated, simulating 
  1. to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like).

    to simulate crisis conditions.

  2. to make a pretense of; feign.

    to simulate knowledge.

    Synonyms: ,
  3. to assume or have the appearance or characteristics of.

    He simulated the manners of the rich.

    Synonyms:


adjective

  1. Archaic.simulated.

simulate

verb

  1. to make a pretence of; feign

    to simulate anxiety

  2. to reproduce the conditions of (a situation, etc), as in carrying out an experiment

    to simulate weightlessness

  3. to assume or have the appearance of; imitate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. archaicassumed or simulated

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • simulative adjective
  • simulatory adjective
  • simulatively adverb
  • nonsimulate adjective
  • nonsimulative adjective
  • unsimulated adjective
  • unsimulating adjective
  • unsimulative adjective
  • well-simulated adjective
  • ˈܱپ adjective
  • ˈܱپly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of simulate1

1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin ܱٳܲ (past participle of ܱ ), equivalent to simul- (variant of simil-, base of similis similar ) + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of simulate1

C17: from Latin ܱ to copy, from similis like
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As for the impressive flight sequences, in which Hiccup rides Toothless, the production created an animatronic dragon placed on a giant gimbal that moved on six different axes to simulate the physics of flying.

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First, firefighters used drip torches to simulate embers landing around it.

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The base was then programmed to simulate the specific movements of each character’s dragon, while wind machines and special lighting re-created aerial conditions.

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In 2021, the former head of the US Army in Europe, Gen Ben Hodges, told MPs in a simulated wargame most of the British Army's inventory was exhausted after just eight days.

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“I just think that you’re talking about end of May, he’s doing his first simulated game,” Roberts said Saturday night.

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