emulate
verb /ˈemjuleɪt/
/ˈemjuleɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they emulate | /ˈemjuleɪt/ /ˈemjuleɪt/ |
| he / she / it emulates | /ˈemjuleɪts/ /ˈemjuleɪts/ |
| past simple emulated | /ˈemjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈemjuleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle emulated | /ˈemjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈemjuleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form emulating | /ˈemjuleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈemjuleɪtɪŋ/ |
- emulate somebody/something (formal) to try to do something as well as somebody else because you admire them
- She hopes to emulate her sister's sporting achievements.
- emulate something (computing) (of a computer program, etc.) to work in the same way as another computer, etc. and perform the same tasks
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin aemulat- ‘rivalled, equalled’, from the verb aemulari, from aemulus ‘rival’.