"emulate" meaning in English

See emulate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emulate.wav Forms: more emulate [comparative], most emulate [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|aemulor||to rival, emulate}} Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} emulate (comparative more emulate, superlative most emulate)
  1. (obsolete) Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous. Tags: obsolete Related terms: mimic, copy, imitate, simulate
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: æmulate [archaic]

Verb

IPA: /ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emulate.wav Forms: emulates [present, singular, third-person], emulating [participle, present], emulated [participle, past], emulated [past]
Etymology: From Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|aemulor||to rival, emulate}} Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} emulate (third-person singular simple present emulates, present participle emulating, simple past and past participle emulated)
  1. (now rare) To attempt to equal or be the same as. Tags: archaic Translations (to attempt to equal or be the same as): 效仿 (xiàofǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), emuloida (Finnish), émuler (French), emular (Portuguese), söka efterlikna (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-emulate-en-verb-BQUAP4Wp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Old Irish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 40 4 4 27 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 34 29 6 7 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 38 7 9 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 30 35 5 11 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 31 35 5 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 36 9 11 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 35 5 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 37 9 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 37 6 9 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 28 40 6 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 25 30 22 9 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 31 5 8 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 31 35 5 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 26 35 12 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Irish translations: 31 34 5 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 28 31 19 8 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 31 35 5 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 27 40 7 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 31 35 5 10 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 31 35 5 10 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 27 36 9 11 17 Disambiguation of 'to attempt to equal or be the same as': 94 2 1 3
  2. To copy or imitate, especially a person. Translations (to copy or imitate, especially a person): emular (Catalan), 模仿 (mófǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), imiteren (Dutch), nadoen (Dutch), jäljitellä (Finnish), matkia (Finnish), émuler (French), imiter (French), nachahmen (German), aemulor (Latin), eiyr er (Manx), emular (Occitan), emular (Portuguese), emula (Romanian), imita (Romanian), emular (Spanish), efterlikna (Swedish), öykünmek (Turkish), efelychu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-emulate-en-verb-M5rR3BbE Categories (other): Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 25 30 22 9 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 28 31 19 8 14 Disambiguation of 'to copy or imitate, especially a person': 2 96 1 2
  3. (obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy. Tags: obsolete Translations (to feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy): émuler (French), étaigidir (Old Irish), çekememek (Turkish), kıskanmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-emulate-en-verb-Lr2tmZfs Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Old Irish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 30 35 5 11 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 31 35 5 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 35 5 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 31 35 5 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Irish translations: 31 34 5 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 31 35 5 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 31 35 5 10 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 31 35 5 10 18 Disambiguation of 'to feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy': 1 0 97 1
  4. (computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device Categories (topical): Computing Translations (in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device): emular (Catalan), emuloida (Finnish), emulieren (German), melagak (Malay), emula (Romanian), emular (Spanish), emulera (Swedish), öykünmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-emulate-en-verb-~I3VM8jS Categories (other): English undefined derivations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Old Irish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 34 29 6 7 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 30 35 5 11 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 31 35 5 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 35 5 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 25 30 22 9 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 31 5 8 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 31 35 5 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Irish translations: 31 34 5 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 28 31 19 8 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 31 35 5 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 31 35 5 10 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 31 35 5 10 18 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device': 1 3 1 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: æmulate [archaic] Derived forms: emulative, emulatively Related terms: emulation, emulator, emulous

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emulate.wav",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-emulate.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-emulate.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "æmulate"
    }
  ],
  "word": "emulate"
}

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