simulate

English

Etymology 1

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SIMULATECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-#SIMULATE

First attested in 1652; Borrowed from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#SIMULATECategory:English terms derived from Latin#SIMULATE simulātus, perfect passive participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)Category:English terms suffixed with -ate (verb)#SIMULATE), from similis (“like”). See similar.

Pronunciation

Verb

simulate (third-person singular simple present simulates, present participle simulating, simple past and past participle simulated)Category:English lemmas#SIMULATECategory:English verbs#SIMULATECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SIMULATECategory:Pages with entries#SIMULATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#SIMULATE

  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.Category:English terms with usage examples#SIMULATE
    This video game simulates a pinball machine.Category:English terms with usage examples#SIMULATE
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Etymology 2

First attested in c. 1425, in Middle English; inherited from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#SIMULATECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#SIMULATE symulat(e), simulat(e), similat(e) (“feigned; similar”), borrowed from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#SIMULATE simulātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)Category:English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective)#SIMULATE and Etymology 1 for more.

Pronunciation

Adjective

simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)Category:English lemmas#SIMULATECategory:English adjectives#SIMULATECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SIMULATECategory:Pages with entries#SIMULATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#SIMULATE

  1. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#SIMULATE) Feigned; pretended.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

simulateCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#SIMULATECategory:Italian adjective forms#SIMULATECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#SIMULATECategory:Pages with entries#SIMULATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#SIMULATE

  1. feminine plural of simulato

Participle

simulate f plCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#SIMULATECategory:Italian past participle forms#SIMULATECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#SIMULATECategory:Pages with entries#SIMULATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#SIMULATE

  1. feminine plural of simulato

Etymology 2

Verb

simulateCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#SIMULATECategory:Italian verb forms#SIMULATECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#SIMULATECategory:Pages with entries#SIMULATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#SIMULATE

  1. inflection of simulare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

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Latin

Verb

simulāteCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#SIMULATECategory:Latin verb forms#SIMULATECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#SIMULATECategory:Pages with entries#SIMULATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#SIMULATE

  1. 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

simulateCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#SIMULATECategory:Spanish verb forms#SIMULATECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#SIMULATECategory:Pages with entries#SIMULATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#SIMULATE

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of simular combined with te
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