How do you pronounce simulate?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪm.jəˌleɪt/.

Where does simulate come from?

It is traced to Middle English. First known use: First attested in 1652.

simulate

/ˈsɪm.jəˌleɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: sim-u-late
IPA: /ˈsɪm.jəˌleɪt/

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Meaning

verb

To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.

adj

Feigned; pretended.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"We will use a smoke machine to simulate the fog you will actually encounter."
"This video game simulates a pinball machine."
"under simulate religion"

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English
First known use: First attested in 1652

Word Breakdown

Root: *sem-, symulat, simulātus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsɪm.jəˌleɪt/
British English: /ˈsɪm.jʊˌleɪt/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

simulates (present, singular) simulating (participle, present) simulated (participle, past) simulated (past) more simulate (comparative) most simulate (superlative)

Derived Forms

microsimulate resimulate simulant simulatability simulatable simulation simulative simulatively

Frequently Paired Words

simulator emulate

Synonyms

assume sham feign model imitate copy