emulate
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emulate
- /ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt/ UK
- /ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/ Canada, US
- /ˈem.jə.læɪt/ Australia, New Zealand
Where it comes from
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).
verb emulates · emulating · emulated · æmulate
- To attempt to equal or be the same as.
- To copy or imitate, especially a person. People are endlessly fascinating, even if you'd never want to emulate them.
- To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy. But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].
- of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
adjective more emulate · most emulate · æmulate
- Striving to excel, ambitious, emulous. That can I, At leaſt the whiſper goes ſo : Our laſt King, Whoſe Image euen but novv appear'd to vs, VVas (as you know) by Fortinbras of Norvvay, (Thereto prick’d on by a moſt emulate Pride) Dar’d to the Combate.
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verb to attempt to equal or be the same as
| 中文 | 效仿 xiàofǎng |
|---|---|
| Português | emular |
| Français | émuler |
| العربية | ضَاهَى ḍāhā |
verb to copy or imitate, especially a person
| Español | emular |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 模仿 mófǎng |
| Português | emular |
| Français | émuler, imiter |
| Deutsch | nachahmen |
| Română | emula, imita |
| العربية | قَلَّدَ qallada, حَاكَى ḥākā |
verb to feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy
| Français | émuler |
|---|
Talk about this word "emulate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/emulate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. emulate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/emulate "emulate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/emulate.Cite this
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title = {emulate},
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