Definitions for emulate

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emulate em·u·late

Spelling: [verb em-yuh-leyt; adjective Emulate is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in emulate (aeelmtu).

Definitions for emulate

adjective

1. Obsolete. emulous.

verb (used with object)

1. to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass:
2. to rival with some degree of success:
3. Computers. to imitate (a particular computer system) by using a software system, often including a microprogram or another computer that enables it to do the same work, run the same programs, etc., as the first. to replace (software) with hardware to perform the same task.

Origin of emulate

1580-90; Latin aemulātus, past participle of aemulārī to rival. See emulous, -ate¹

Examples for emulate

"And one that an Englishman may do well to emulate," returned Bluewater.

The Prince praised the deeds of his ancestors, and called upon him to emulate them.

He determined to emulate Windsor, and he sent for Sir Carte.

But Straws was not called upon to emulate this classic example.

A role model is someone whose behaviors one seeks to emulate.

Impudently she strove to emulate his coolness, but did not completely succeed.

As you exit your teenage years, are there artist you would like to emulate?

In Chicago, you have rappers like Chief Keef posing with guns, and the young kids there emulate that.

The experience is intended to emulate being taken hostage, which feels strange in these very real ISIS horror-drenched times.

This is not an example that current governments and institutions should emulate.