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simulate
What does simulate mean?
simulate (verb): to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use simulate in a sentence?
- This video game simulates a pinball machine. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where does simulate come from?
First attested in 1652; Borrowed from Latin simulātus, perfect passive participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”), from similis (“like”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to simulate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “simulate” mean?
to give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services
Not quite: that's what pay means.
to imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof
Not quite: that's what suspect means.
to know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend
Not quite: that's what understand means.
to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of
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