simulate

Other forms of simulate

past tense

simulated·

present participle

simulating·

third person

simulates·

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 simulate

What does simulate mean?

simulate means "reproduce someone's behavior or looks". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in simulate?

simulate has 3 syllables: sim-u-late. The stress falls on "sim". In IPA it is /ˈsɪmjələt/.

What is another word for simulate?

Close synonyms include imitate, copy, model, assume, sham. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is simulate a common word?

simulate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.