Simulate

English

Verb

Simulate (third-person singular simple present Simulates, present participle simulating, simple past and past participle simulated)

1. To reproduce the action of some process, usually on a smaller scale.
2. To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:imitate

Related terms

• similar
• similarity
• simile
• simulacrum
• simuland
• simulant
• simulation
• simulator
• dissimulate

Adverbs for Simulate

ingeniously; deftly; artfully; skillfully; professionally; traitorously; slyly; insidiously; venomously.

Thesaurus

act, act a part, act like, adopt, affect, ape, appear like, approach, appropriate, approximate, assume, be like, be redolent of, bear resemblance, bluff, borrow, bring to mind, call to mind, call up, chorus, come close, come near, compare with, copy, correspond, counterfeit, cover up, crib, derive from, dissemble, dissimulate, ditto, do, do a bit, do like, dramatize, echo, evoke, fake, favor, feature, feign, follow, forge, four-flush, gammon, go like, histrionize, hoke, hoke up, imitate, infringe, let on, let on like, look like, make a pretense, make like, make out like, make use of, match, mimic, mirror, mock, near, nearly reproduce, not tell apart, overact, parallel, partake of, pirate, plagiarize, play, play a part, play a scene, play possum, playact, pose, pretend, profess, put on, put on airs, reecho, reflect, remind one of, repeat, resemble, savor of, seem like, sham, smack of, sound like, stack up with, steal, suggest, take, take after, take on, take over, tug the heartstrings, wear

Etymology

< Latin simulatus, past participle of simulare (“to make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”) < similis (“like”); see similar.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɪmjʉːleɪt/

Translations

to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior

Czech: simulovat (cs) Finnish: simuloida (fi) French: simuler or imiter ? German: simulieren, nachahmen Indonesian: menirukan, mensimulasikan

Latin: simulo (la), similo (la), simis sum (la), accedo (la) Polish: symulować (pl) Russian: симулировать (ru) Swedish: simulera (sv) Turkish: simule etmek, benzetmek

See also

• emulate

External links

• Simulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Simulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Italian

Adjective

simulate f.

1. Feminine plural form of simulato

Verb

simulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of simulare
2. second-person plural imperative of simulare
3. Feminine plural of simulato

Anagrams

• emulasti

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Latin

Verb

simulāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of simulō