simulate
/ˈsɪm.jʊˌleɪt/US/ˈsɪm.jəˌleɪt/
simulate verb: to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
Verb
simulate (third-person singular simple present simulates, present participle simulating, simple past and past participle simulated)
Adjective
UK/ˈsɪm.jʊ.lɪt/US/ˈsɪm.jə.lət/
simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)
- Feigned; pretended.
- under simulate religion1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches
simulate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
simulate in Hindi
- सिमुलेट करना
simulate in Tamil
- to simulate
- நடி naṭi
simulate in Urdu
- تخروپن کرنا
simulate in Bengali
- কোনো কিছুর চেহারা, বৈশিষ্ট্য মডেল, প্রতিলিপিকরণ, নকল করা, প্রতারণা করা, ভান করা
More languagesFewer languages
- simulate in Malayalam
- ഭാവിക്കുക, നടിക്കുക, അഭിനയിക്കുക, കപടമായി ഭാവിക്കുക
- simulate in Kannada
- ಅಭಿನಯಿಸು, ನಟಿಸು, ವೇಷಹಾಕು, ವಿಡಂಬನೆಮಾಡು
- simulate in Punjabi
- ਸਿਮੂਲੇਟ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ, ਸਿਮੂਅਲ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- simulate in Odia
- ଠକିବା ṭhakibā
- simulate in Nepali
- सिमुलेट गर्न
- simulate in Tagalog
- ipagpanggap, ipagkunwari, ipagkunwa
- simulate in Arabic
- قَلَّدَ qallada
- simulate in Malay
- mensimulasikan
- simulate in Indonesian
- menirukan, menyimulasikan
Examples of simulate in a sentence
- Vaporizers are used in electronic cigarettes to simulate smoke.
- A Cybersecurity Homelab is a small-scale environment meant to simulate different components of a business network.
- A neural network is a computer system built to simulate, or act like, the human brain.
Forms of simulate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | simulates |
| present participle | simulating |
| past participle | simulated |
| past | simulated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more simulate |
| superlative | most simulate |
Origin of simulate
First attested in 1652; Borrowed from Latin simulātus, perfect passive participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from similis (“like”). See similar.
First attested in c. 1425, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English symulat(e), simulat(e), similat(e) (“feigned; similar”), borrowed from Latin simulātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
Words formed from simulate
Questions about simulate
- What does simulate mean?
- Simulate means to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
- What is simulate in Hindi?
- Simulate in Hindi is सिमुलेट करना. See Simulate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is simulate?
- Simulate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce simulate?
- Simulate is pronounced /ˈsɪm.jʊˌleɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of simulate?
- The past tense of simulate is simulated.
Words near simulate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: simulate (page history and authors); simulate (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); நடி (Tamil) (page history and authors); simulate (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); simulate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); simulate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); simulate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); simulate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଠକିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); simulate (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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