emulate
Syllables: em·u·late/ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt/US/ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/
emulate verb: to attempt to equal or be the same as.
Verb
emulate (third-person singular simple present emulates, present participle emulating, simple past and past participle emulated)
- To attempt to equal or be the same as.
- To copy or imitate, especially a person.
- People are endlessly fascinating, even if you'd never want to emulate them.
- The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport
- To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
- But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 146
- of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
Adjective
emulate (comparative more emulate, superlative most emulate)
- Striving to excel, ambitious, emulous.
- That can I,
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- That can I,
emulate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
emulate in Hindi
- अनुकरण करना
emulate in Tamil
- ஈடாகப் போட்டியிடு, காட்டாக் கொள், முன்னேற முயன்றிடு
emulate in Urdu
- تقلید کرنا
emulate in Malayalam
- മത്സരിക്കുക, കിട പിടിക്കുക, മറ്റൊരു സംവിധാനത്തെ അനുകരിക്കുക
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- emulate in Kannada
- ಅನುಕರಿಸು, ಮಾದರಿಯಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಅನುಸರಿಸು, ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿಸು
- emulate in Sanskrit
- ह्वे hve
- emulate in Arabic
- ضَاهَى ḍāhā, قَلَّدَ qallada, حَاكَى ḥākā
- emulate in Malay
- melagak
Examples of emulate in a sentence
- She always had some star or celebrity that she was emulating.
- Another nonconformist aesthetic, Clowncore, emulates the style of clowns, mimes, and jesters.
- In the practice sentence, C emulates P’s model and provides another model or postilion sentence.
Forms of emulate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | emulates |
| present participle | emulating |
| past participle | emulated |
| past | emulated |
| alternative form (obsolete) | æmulate |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more emulate |
| superlative | most emulate |
Origin of emulate
First attested in 1586; borrowed from Latin aemulātus, perfect active participle of Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Words formed from emulate
Questions about emulate
- What does emulate mean?
- Emulate means to attempt to equal or be the same as.
- What is emulate in Hindi?
- Emulate in Hindi is अनुकरण करना. See Emulate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is emulate?
- Emulate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce emulate?
- Emulate is pronounced /ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of emulate?
- The past tense of emulate is emulated.
Words near emulate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emulate (page history and authors); emulate (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emulate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emulate (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emulate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emulate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ह्वे (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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