Meaning

1 senses
  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.

    simulieren, nachahmen

    симули́роватьsimulírovatʹ

    симулюва́тиsymuljuváty

More definitions
  • make a pretence of
  • create a representation or simulation of
  • reproduce someone's behavior or looks

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Chess is a game that simulates the conflict between two armies.

    Шахи - це гра, що імітує конфлікт між двома арміями.

    ruШахматы — это игра, которая имитирует конфликт между двумя армиями.

    deSchach ist ein Spiel, das den Konflikt zwischen zwei Armeen simuliert.

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  2. Tom banged coconuts together to simulate riding.

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  3. Why not simulate quantum physics with actual quantum physics?

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  4. The proposed methodology is applied to three simulated case studies.

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  5. The proposed method is applied to three simulated case studies.

    deDie vorgeschlagene Methode wird auf drei simulierte Fallstudien angewandt.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior:
Русский
By meaning 1
to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior:

Origin

First attested in 1652; Borrowed from Latin simulātus, perfect passive participle of simul

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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Forms

simulates, simulating, simulated, simulated
Base formsimulate · to simulate
3rd person singularsimulates
Present participlesimulating
Past simplesimulated
Past participlesimulated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysimulate
he, she, itsimulates

Past simpleLesson

all personssimulated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave simulated
he, she, ithas simulated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill simulate

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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