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Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb sim-yuh-leyt; adjective sim-yuh-lit, -leyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈsɪm yəˌleɪt; adjective ˈsɪm yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt



Definition of simulate

Origin :
  • 1620s, "feign, pretend, assume falsely" (implied in simulated), back-formation from simulation or else from Latin simulatus, past participle of simulare "to make like, imitate, copy." Meaning "to use a model to imitate certain conditions for purposes of study or training" is from 1947. Related: Simulating.
  • verb pretend, imitate
Example sentences :
  • How could we simulate symptoms when we had no idea what these symptoms were supposed to be?
  • Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
  • I might simulate it perhaps by refusing to use my reason at all in religious matters.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • Then you simulated godliness; now you simulate Heaven knows what.
  • Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Please remember, you're trying to simulate patrol conditions.
  • Extract from : « A Fine Fix » by R. C. Noll
  • He could not, for one thing, simulate that look of attention.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder » by J. D. Beresford
  • He would have to simulate an emotion that he did not possess.
  • Extract from : « The Slave of Silence » by Fred M. White
  • Targets will be arranged to simulate one of the classes enumerated.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
  • For once he must simulate when it left a taste in his mouth.
  • Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser
  • She had tried to arrange facts in such a light as to simulate that idea.
  • Extract from : « The Daughters of Danaus » by Mona Caird
  • So he determined to have the wood cut down and to simulate an accident.
  • Extract from : « Original Short Stories, Volume 3 (of 13) » by Guy de Maupassant

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