to simulate
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5.4
- verb
- /ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt/
- Specialized
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simular
- The researchers designed a computer program to simulate the effects of climate change over the next century.
- simulate operating conditions
- simulate responses
- simulate models
But you know, you could, you could also simulate the actual growth process.
- But you know, you could, you could also simulate the actual growth process.
- So you can just directly simulate each component in, in SPICE.
- That would be a classical computer simulating quantum behavior.
- It is the temporal brain that constantly simulates the future.
- But what you can do is of course you can simulate the synchronisation on the classical level.
- Your, your brain, when you dream, creates a whole, it simulates a whole world.
- Because we can simulate what we're going to do through play and game.
- And both of those together are the best ways to simulate rounds.
- And how many people would there be in the future simulating my time now.
Examples
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So there are huge vacuum chambers where we simulate the vacuum of space.
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CDCs offer opportunities to simulate real-world environments and prepare students for jobs after graduation.
Academic text (2017) -
But you know, you could, you could also simulate the actual growth process.
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Are you able to simulate or model the areas?
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It's been created to simulate reality.
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Our inner voice also lets us simulate and plan.
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How do you simulate a pandemic two years before a pandemic even happens?
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In other work, RCMs are being used to simulate the spread of infectious disease.
Academic text (2012) -
Scientists in developing countries are also beginning to simulate local climate change impacts using statistical downscaling.
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It's an artificial ecosystem designed to simulate Corky's natural habitat.
Synonyms
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4.1
To make a small copy of something to show or study it
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7.0
To make a program or device act like another machine, for example an old game console
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4.9
Replace a real part with a simple stand-in during tests
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5.4
To make a simple model of something to test or show it
How Realistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
simulate = simul + ate
The verb is formed from the combining form 'simul' + the verb-forming suffix '-ate', but 'simul' is not a standalone English word, so the relation is not transparently derivable for an average learner.
Etymology
Simulate comes from an old Latin word simulare, based on similis which means 'like'. So to simulate a situation is to make something 'like' the real thing so people can test or study it.