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SIMULATE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a pretence of

Example:

he feigned sleep

Synonyms:

assume; feign; sham; simulate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

act; dissemble; pretend (behave unnaturally or affectedly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "simulate"):

play (pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity)

feint (deceive by a mock action)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

simulation (the act of giving a false appearance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Create a representation or model of

Example:

The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights

Synonyms:

model; simulate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

re-create (create anew)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

simulation ((computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program)

simulator (a machine that simulates an environment for the purpose of training or research)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Reproduce someone's behavior or looks

Example:

Children often copy their parents or older siblings

Synonyms:

copy; imitate; simulate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "simulate"):

conform to; follow (behave in accordance or in agreement with)

mock (imitate with mockery and derision)

take off (mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner)

mime; mimic (imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect)

model; pattern (plan or create according to a model or models)

follow; take after (imitate in behavior; take as a model)

emulate (strive to equal or match, especially by imitating)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

An environmentally produced phenotype simulating the effect of a particular genotype.

(Phenocopy, NCI Thesaurus)

The recipe is used for lab experiments designed to simulate Titan’s chemistry.

(Experiments recreate aromatic flavors of Titan, NASA)

Using mathematical methods to simulate processes to predict the interaction of proteins at the functional level.

(Modeling of Functional Interactions, NCI Thesaurus)

The models simulate the ability of pollen particles to interact with incoming solar radiation to understand how these particles will affect climate.

(Estimating how pollen particles in the atmosphere influence climate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Thus, the attachment of beta-glucan to CR3 of circulating leukocytes simulates leukocytes to kill iC3b-coated tumor cells in the same way as they kill iC3b-coated yeast.

(Beta-glucan, NCI Thesaurus)

The science of simulating the motions of a system of particles.

(Molecular Dynamics, NCI Thesaurus)

In a study carried out during a simulated mission to Mars, an international group of scientists has found exactly the opposite to be true.

(Salty Diet Makes You Hungry, Not Thirsty, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

She and her colleagues used a computer model informed by satellite observations of various gases from 1980 to 2015 to simulate the possible sources for OH in the atmosphere.

(Greenhouse Gas ‘Detergent’ Recycles Itself in Atmosphere, NASA)

Once a cluster formed, the researchers moved the apparatus to pull the cluster back and forth, simulating the impact of wind pushing the branch upon which they hung.

(Bees Help Researchers Confirm Theory about Maintaining Protective Clumps under Tough Conditions, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

After shock-compression experiments on whitlockite samples that simulated the conditions of ejecting meteorites from Mars, the researchers studied their microscopic makeup with X-ray experiments.

(New Evidence for A Water-Rich History on Mars, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)