# simulate

Pronunciation: US say "SIM-yuh-layt" /ˈsɪm.jəˌleɪt/; UK say "SIM-yuu-layt" /ˈsɪm.jʊˌleɪt/

## Verb

1. To model or reproduce the behavior, appearance, or properties of something.
   - Simple: To copy how something looks, works, or behaves, often using a machine or program.
   - _Engineers simulate crash conditions to test how a car frame absorbs impact._
   - _The software can simulate years of climate change in a few minutes._

## Adjective

Pronunciation: US say "SIM-yuh-lit" /ˈsɪm.jə.lət/; UK say "SIM-yuu-lit" /ˈsɪm.jʊ.lɪt/

2. Feigned or pretended; not genuine. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Faked or pretended on purpose, not real.

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — First attested in 1652, borrowed from Latin simulātus, the perfect passive participle of simulō ('make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign'), which comes from similis ('like').
**Meaning 2** — First attested around 1425 in Middle English as symulat(e), simulat(e), or similat(e) ('feigned; similar'), inherited from Middle English and borrowed from Latin simulātus, sharing its origin with Etymology 1.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/simulate (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).