emulated
emulated is the simple past and past participle of emulate.
Meaning of emulate
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.
- 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
Words formed from emulated
Questions about emulated
- What is emulated the simple past and past participle of?
- Emulated is the simple past and past participle of emulate.
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