The meaning of Simulate

adjective

Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural.

Usage examples:

Her skin glowed in the artificial light

adjective

Made by people, often as a copy of something natural

Usage examples:

Artificial flowers, artificial grass, an artificial leg, an artificial smile, the actors were encou…

adjective

Not sincere

Usage examples:

Their cheerfulness seemed rather strained and artificial.

adjective

Exactly like something else, especially through having been copied.

Usage examples:

A duplicate set of keys

noun

One of two or more identical things.

Usage examples:

Books may be disposed of if they are duplicates

verb

Short for duplicate bridge.

adjective

(of a product) made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one, for something else.

Usage examples:

Ersatz coffee

adjective

Used instead of something else, usually because the other thing is too expensive or rare

Usage examples:

I'm allowed to eat ersatz chocolate made from carob beans, but it's a poor substitute for the real …

adjective

Not genuine; imitation or counterfeit.

Usage examples:

She got on the plane with a fake passport

noun

A thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham.

Usage examples:

Fakes of old masters

verb

Forge or counterfeit (something).

Usage examples:

She faked her spouse's signature

adjective

Not according with truth or fact; incorrect.

Usage examples:

He was feeding false information to his customers

adjective

(of things) not real, but made to look real, or (of information) not true but made to seem true in order to deceive

Usage examples:

Haban used false identification to enter france., the company presented clients with documents cont…

adjective

Not true or correct

Usage examples:

It is an offense to give false information on your application form., the wanted man is known to be…

adjective

Made in imitation; artificial.

Usage examples:

A rope of faux pearls

adjective

Not real, but made to look or seem real

Usage examples:

Faux fur, a faux-brick wall

verb

Take or follow as a model.

Usage examples:

His style was imitated by many other writers

verb

Reproduce someone's behavior or looks

verb

To copy someone’s speech or behavior, or to copy something as a model

Usage examples:

My four-year-old daughter is always trying to imitate her older sister., he imitated her accent per…

noun

The action of using someone or something as a model.

Usage examples:

A child learns to speak by imitation

noun

Something copied, or the act of copying

Usage examples:

Freya does a pretty good imitation of her science teacher., [ c ] imitation leather

adjective

Produced or developed by humans rather than coming directly from nature

Usage examples:

Man-made fibers

adjective

Made by people, rather than existing naturally

Usage examples:

Man-made fibres

adjective

Produced on a large scale using machinery.

Usage examples:

Manufactured consumer goods

verb

Make (something) on a large scale using machinery.

Usage examples:

Firms who manufacture ball bearings

verb

Past simple and past participle of manufacture

Usage examples:

He works for a company that manufactures car parts., the report notes a rapid decline in manufactur…

verb

Imitate (someone or their actions or words), especially in order to entertain or ridicule.

Usage examples:

She mimicked eileen's pedantic voice

noun

A person skilled in imitating the voice or actions of others in an entertaining way.

Usage examples:

He has great ability as a mimic

adjective

Imitative of something.

Usage examples:

They were waging mimic war

verb

Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.

Usage examples:

Opposition mps mocked the government's decision

adjective

Not authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive.

Usage examples:

A mock-georgian red brick house

noun

Make a replica or imitation of something.

adjective

(of lines, planes, or surfaces) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.

Usage examples:

Parallel lines never meet

noun

A person or thing that is similar or analogous to another.

Usage examples:

A challenge which has no parallel in peacetime this century

verb

Be side by side with (something extending in a line), always keeping the same distance; run or lie parallel to.

Usage examples:

A big concrete gutter that paralleled the road

noun

A synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymers such as polyethylene, pvc, nylon, etc., that can be moulded into shape while soft, and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form.

Usage examples:

Mains pipes should be made of plastic or copper

adjective

Made of plastic.

Usage examples:

Plastic bottles

Synthetic material that can be molded into objects

verb

Make an exact copy of; reproduce.

Usage examples:

It might be impractical to replicate eastern culture in the west

adjective

Of the nature of a copy.

Usage examples:

A replicate earth

noun

A close or exact copy; a replica.

Usage examples:

Young reptiles should not be considered merely small replicates of adults

verb

Produce a copy of.

Usage examples:

His works are reproduced on postcards and posters

adjective

(of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product.

Usage examples:

Synthetic rubber

noun

A synthetic material or chemical, especially a textile fibre.

Usage examples:

Twentieth century technology has opened up a treasure of textures and materials from space age synt…

adjective

Of or relating to products made from artificial substances, often copying a natural product

Usage examples:

Synthetic sweeteners, a synthetic fiber