"emulate" meaning in English

See emulate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/ [Canada, General-American], /ˈem.jə.læɪt/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emulate.wav Forms: more emulate [comparative], most emulate [superlative], æmulate [alternative]
Etymology: First attested in 1586; borrowed from Latin aemulātus, perfect active participle of Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{etydate|1586}} First attested in 1586, {{bor+|en|la|aemulātus|nocap=1}} borrowed from Latin aemulātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{der|en|la|aemulor||to rival, emulate}} Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”), {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj}} emulate (comparative more emulate, superlative most emulate)
  1. (obsolete) Striving to excel, ambitious, emulous. Tags: obsolete Related terms: copy, imitate, mimic
    Sense id: en-emulate-en-adj-mQ4h8SZ~ Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 32 16 9 14 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 22 10 30 10 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 12 27 12 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: simulate

Verb

IPA: /ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/ [Canada, General-American], /ˈem.jə.læɪt/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emulate.wav Forms: emulates [present, singular, third-person], emulating [participle, present], emulated [participle, past], emulated [past], æmulate [alternative]
Etymology: First attested in 1586; borrowed from Latin aemulātus, perfect active participle of Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{etydate|1586}} First attested in 1586, {{bor+|en|la|aemulātus|nocap=1}} borrowed from Latin aemulātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{der|en|la|aemulor||to rival, emulate}} Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”), {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix) 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 terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 32 16 9 14 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 12 27 12 26 Disambiguation of 'to attempt to equal or be the same as': 98 0 1 1
  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: 22 10 30 10 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 12 27 12 26 Disambiguation of 'to copy or imitate, especially a person': 0 98 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): English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 32 16 9 14 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 22 10 30 10 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 12 27 12 26 Disambiguation of 'to feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy': 1 0 98 1
  4. (computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device Translations (in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device): емули́рам (emulíram) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), 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): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective), English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), 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: 33 6 7 6 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective): 29 14 7 13 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 32 16 9 14 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 12 10 11 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 26 14 7 13 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 26 14 7 13 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 15 11 14 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 14 7 13 40 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 15 11 14 34 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 14 7 13 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 26 13 8 12 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 22 10 30 10 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 11 6 11 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 26 14 7 13 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 25 12 16 12 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Irish translations: 26 14 8 13 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 12 27 12 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 26 14 7 13 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 13 10 12 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 26 13 8 12 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 26 13 8 12 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 23 13 16 13 35 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 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: emulable, emulatable, emulation, emulative, emulator, emulatory, unemulated Related terms: emulation, emulative, emulator, emulous, simulate

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "to copy or imitate, especially a person",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "émuler"
    },
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      "code": "sga",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "to feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy",
      "word": "kıskanmak"
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      "sense": "in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device",
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      "sense": "in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device",
      "word": "emular"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device",
      "word": "emuloida"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device",
      "word": "emulieren"
    },
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "in computing of a program or device: to imitate another program or device",
      "word": "melagak"
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          "ref": "c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], pages 152-153, column 1:",
          "text": "That can I,\nAt leaſt the whiſper goes ſo : Our laſt King,\nWhoſe Image euen but novv appear'd to vs,\nVVas (as you know) by Fortinbras of Norvvay,\n(Thereto prick’d on by a moſt emulate Pride)\nDar’d to the Combate.",
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}

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