Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)Striving to excel, ambitious, emulous.

Examples

8 sentences

  1. He is trying to emulate Tom.

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  2. Sami was trying to emulate his father.

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  3. Every child needs someone to admire and emulate.

    ruКаждому ребёнку нужен кто-то, кем можно восхищаться и кому можно подражать. — shanghainese

    deJedes Kind braucht jemanden, den es bewundern und dem es nacheifern kann. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. We have got to find a manner of speech that emulates this.

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  5. At this point in time, you need a powerful computer to emulate this game.

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Origin

First attested in 1586; borrowed from Latin aemulātus, perfect active participle of Latin

First attested in 1586; borrowed from Latin aemulātus, perfect active participle of Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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Forms

more emulate, most emulate
Comparativemore emulate Lesson
Superlativemost emulate Lesson

regular

Word family

4 related words
RelatedcopyA1imitateB1mimicB2simulate

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
emptyA2emuemulsionen
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