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simulate

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈsɪm.jʊˌleɪt/(UK)
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/ˈsɪm.jʊˌleɪt/(UK) · /ˈsɪm.jəˌleɪt/(US) · /ˈsɪm.jʊˌlæɪt/ · /ˈsɪm.jʊ.lɪt/(UK) · /ˈsɪm.jə.lət/(US)

Definition of simulate

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  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.”
    “This video game simulates a pinball machine.”
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verb

  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.”
    “This video game simulates a pinball machine.”

adj

  1. (obsolete)Feigned; pretended.
    “under simulate religion”

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Etymology

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.

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