simulation

Other forms of simulation

plural

simulations·

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 simulation

What does simulation mean?

simulation means "the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in simulation?

simulation has 4 syllables: sim-u-la-tion. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˌsɪmjəˈleɪʃən/.

What is another word for simulation?

Close synonyms include computer simulation, model, pretense, pretence, pretending. 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 simulation a common word?

simulation 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.

What rhymes with simulation?

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