emulate
emulate
Definition
emu·late (em′yo̵̅o̅ lāt′, -yə-; for adj., -lit)
transitive verb emulated -·lat′ed, emulating -·lat′·ing
- to try, often by imitating or copying, to equal or surpass
- to imitate (a person or thing admired)
- to rival successfully
- Comput. to use an emulator to perform the functions of
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
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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