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EMULATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with

Example:

This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "emulate" is one way to...):

compete; contend; vie (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

emulation (effort to equal or surpass another)

emulation (ambition to equal or excel)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "emulate" is one way to...):

imitate (appear like, as in behavior or appearance)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

emulation ((computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Strive to equal or match, especially by imitating

Example:

He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "emulate" is one way to...):

copy; imitate; simulate (reproduce someone's behavior or looks)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

emulation (effort to equal or surpass another)

emulation (ambition to equal or excel)

emulator (someone who copies the words or behavior of another)

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