emulate

emulate Definition

emu·late (em′yo̵̅o̅ lāt′, -yə-; for adj., -lit)

transitive verb emulated -·lat′ed, emulating -·lat′·ing

Etymology: < L aemulatus, pp. of aemulari < aemulus, trying to equal or excel < IE base *ai- to give, accept, take > Gr ainymai, take

adjective

Obsolete ambitious

emulate Synonyms

imitate, copy, follow the example of, rival; see compete, follow 2.

emulate Usage Examples

Object

feat: This week, David Cameron's Conservatives did their best to emulate that feat.
success: Hopefully your band can emulate the recent success of mine.
behavior: We can, however, emulate the behavior by creating a form-level variable to track the control.
processor: You can, or course, write a program to emulate the bit-slice processor on another computer.
achievement: There will also be a whole host of newcomers who will be out to emulate the achievements of their predecessors of twelve months ago.
ease: GridPP are trying to emulate this ease of use - although there is some way to go.

Modifying Another Word

closely: I am trying to find a precious metal that most closely emulates silver.
even: CPC, he pointed out that the last release of CPC source could even emulate a ZX81 as well.
now: Tracing now emulates that of RISC OS 5 BASIC.

Used with why or when

what: After an excellent lunch we set to in an attempt to emulate what we had seen in the morning.

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