As children are known to emulate the values of adults, it is often pointed out such "education mamas" instill a warped sense of values in their children.
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Emulate
//ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt//
Synonyms for "emulate" (29 found)
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Related words (14)
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12 entriesTranslations
37 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- емули́рам verb (in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device)
Catalan
2 entries- emular verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
- emular verb (in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 效仿 verb (to attempt to equal or be the same as)
- 模仿 verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
Dutch
2 entries- imiteren verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
- nadoen verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
Finnish
4 entries- emuloida verb (to attempt to equal or be the same as)
- emuloida verb (in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device)
- jäljitellä verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
- matkia verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
French
4 entries- imiter verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
- émuler verb (to attempt to equal or be the same as)
- émuler verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
- émuler verb (to feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy)
German
2 entries- emulieren verb (in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device)
- nachahmen verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
Latin
1 entries- aemulor verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
Malay
1 entries- melagak verb (in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device)
Manx
1 entries- eiyr er verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
Occitan
1 entries- emular verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
Old Irish
1 entries- étaigidir verb (to feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy)
Portuguese
2 entries- emular verb (to attempt to equal or be the same as)
- emular verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
Romanian
3 entries- emula verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
- emula verb (in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device)
- imita verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
Spanish
2 entries- emular verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
- emular verb (in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device)
Swedish
3 entries- efterlikna verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
- emulera verb (in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device)
- söka efterlikna verb (to attempt to equal or be the same as)
Turkish
4 entries- kıskanmak verb (to feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy)
- çekememek verb (to feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy)
- öykünmek verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
- öykünmek verb (in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device)
Welsh
1 entries- efelychu verb (to copy or imitate, especially a person)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Every child needs someone to admire and emulate.
Source: tatoeba (2994096)
A human being in perfection should emulate the virtue of the tree. The more the tree grows, the more beautiful and softer it turns, but internally tougher and stronger.
Source: tatoeba (3667549)
At this point in time, you need a powerful computer to emulate this game.
Source: tatoeba (6167975)
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