simulate
verb /ˈsɪmjuleɪt/
/ˈsɪmjuleɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they simulate | /ˈsɪmjuleɪt/ /ˈsɪmjuleɪt/ |
| he / she / it simulates | /ˈsɪmjuleɪts/ /ˈsɪmjuleɪts/ |
| past simple simulated | /ˈsɪmjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈsɪmjuleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle simulated | /ˈsɪmjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈsɪmjuleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form simulating | /ˈsɪmjuleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈsɪmjuleɪtɪŋ/ |
- simulate something to create particular conditions that exist in real life using computers, models, etc., usually for study or training purposes
- Computer software can be used to simulate conditions on the seabed.
- Role-playing is a useful way of simulating real-life situations.
- The device simulates conditions in space quite closely.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- closely
- be designed to
- be used to
- try to
- …
- simulate something to be made to look like something else
- a gas heater that simulates a coal fire
- simulate something to pretend that you have a particular feeling synonym feign
- I tried to simulate surprise at the news.
Word Originmid 17th cent. (earlier (Middle English) as simulation): from Latin simulat- ‘copied, represented’, from the verb simulare, from similis ‘like’.