emulateem‧u‧late /ˈemjəleɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] 
He hoped to emulate the success of Wilder.—emulation /ˌemjəˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
WORD ORIGINemulate
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin aemulatus, past participle of aemulari ‘to (try to) be as good as another’VERB TABLE
emulate
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | emulate |
| he, she, it | emulates | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | emulated |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have emulated |
| he, she, it | has emulated | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had emulated |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will emulate |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have emulated |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am emulating |
| he, she, it | is emulating | |
| you, we, they | are emulating | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was emulating |
| you, we, they | were emulating | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been emulating |
| he, she, it | has been emulating | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been emulating |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be emulating |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been emulating |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Davis was encouraged to emulate the style of trumpet player Bobby Hackett.
- Developing countries often try to emulate experiences of developed countries, but this is not always a good idea.
- Procomm can connect with and emulate virtually any computer terminal.
- There is much in Cheng's work that we can admire and emulate.
- Denis hung back, unsure whether he dared emulate his superior.
- He then tries to emulate this so-called late-hit position.
- Inventors like Edison, Westinghouse, and Bell were popular heroes, to be emulated by younger men.
- The narrator's wish to emulate that even-heartedness was Sebastian's own.
Longman Language Activatorto copy someone you admire
formal to copy someone else because you admire something that they have done very much: · There is much in Cheng's work that we can admire and emulate.· Developing countries often try to emulate experiences of developed countries, but this is not always a good idea.
to copy someone's behaviour and character as closely as you can because you want to be like them: · The junior Wimbledon champion said that she tried to model herself on Martina Navratilova.· Pender says his show models itself on the old-style talk shows.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He hoped to emulate the success of Wilder.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
to do something or behave in the same way as someone else, especially because you admire them SYN imitate: He hoped to emulate the success of Wilder.· Then there is the hope of emulating the Engler story.· George was unafraid to be republican in his views and Hope sought to emulate him.
· Then there is the hope of emulating the Engler story.· Why they haven't emulated the success story of the good but overrated Ride remains a mystery.
· Why they haven't emulated the success story of the good but overrated Ride remains a mystery.· He proposed opening a second restaurant in the park to emulate the success of the Beach Chalet.· Without both elements, evolutionary computing will struggle to have sufficient power to emulate the success of biology.
VERB· Others are seeking to emulate this service.
· Observe what nature does and try to emulate it.· I grew up trying to emulate that.· It would be naive and vain to try to emulate Pope John, who was unique and unrepeatable.· When he took office in 1993, this was the model Clinton seemed to be trying to emulate.· He then tries to emulate this so-called late-hit position.
He hoped to emulate the success of Wilder.—emulation /ˌemjəˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]