simulate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like).
to simulate crisis conditions.
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to make a pretense of; feign.
to simulate knowledge.
- Synonyms:
- counterfeit, pretend
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to assume or have the appearance or characteristics of.
He simulated the manners of the rich.
- Synonyms:
- affect
adjective
verb
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to make a pretence of; feign
to simulate anxiety
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to reproduce the conditions of (a situation, etc), as in carrying out an experiment
to simulate weightlessness
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to assume or have the appearance of; imitate
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonsimulate adjective
- nonsimulative adjective
- simulative adjective
- simulatively adverb
- simulatory adjective
- unsimulated adjective
- unsimulating adjective
- unsimulative adjective
- well-simulated adjective
Etymology
Origin of simulate
1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin simulātus (past participle of simulāre ), equivalent to simul- (variant of simil-, base of similis similar ) + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Sharpe says that during his time in the Royal Navy, they conducted war games simulating an Iranian attack on military basses in the Middle East.
From BBC
As a result, “the most sophisticated global companies can simulate the output or the implications of the U.S. ruling within hours,” he said.
Today, those same simulated posteriors are essential to making sure new sensors are in good working order.
Their complexity bedevils the computer models that simulate how the climate could evolve.
After confirming that the device could detect miR-21 in a controlled buffer solution, they tested it using human serum from lung cancer patients to simulate an actual blood test.
From Science Daily
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