Simulate

/ˈsɪm.jəˌleɪt/ adj, verb

adj, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.

    "We will use a smoke machine to simulate the fog you will actually encounter."

  2. 2
    make a pretence of wordnet
  3. 3
    create a representation or simulation of wordnet
  4. 4
    reproduce someone's behavior or looks wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Feigned; pretended. obsolete

    "under simulate religion"

Synonyms

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copyfeignimitatemodelaccurate modelact

Example

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"An aviary is a large enclosure for birds, often containing shrubbery and other plants to simulate their natural habitat."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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