ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsSsimulate
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simulate
Meaning: to imitate or reproduce the conditions of something, often for practice or study
simulate in a sentence
How simulate is used in real sentences:
The pilots used a flight simulator to practice an emergency landing safely.
The training program let new firefighters simulate a burning building using smoke machines and heat lamps.
“At a courthouse laboratory, volunteers simulate trials by hearing testimony, examining exhibits, and receiving the same legal instructions.”
— from the passage Inside the Jury Room
Synonyms for simulate
Other words for simulate — imitate, mimic and replicate — carry the same meaning.
Where it comes from
From Latin simulare 'to copy, represent'
Memory hook
SIMULATE sounds like SIMILAR — you make something SIMILAR to the real thing.