emulate

1. 1.

   strive to equal or match, especially by imitating

   “He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister”

   Broaderimitate
2. 2.

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

   Broaderimitate

   computer science

3. 3.

   compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with

   “This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors”

   Broadercompete

Other forms of emulate

past tense

emulated·

present participle

emulating·

third person

emulates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about emulate

What does emulate mean?

emulate means "strive to equal or match, especially by imitating". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in emulate?

emulate has 3 syllables: em-u-late. The stress falls on "em". In IPA it is /ˈɛmjəˌleɪt/.

Is emulate a common word?

emulate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with emulate?

56 words rhyme with emulate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.