Emulate Definition

ĕmyə-lāt
emulated, emulates, emulating
verb
To try, often by imitating or copying, to equal or surpass.
Webster's New World
To compete with successfully; approach or attain equality with.
American Heritage
To imitate (a person or thing admired)
Webster's New World
To rival successfully.
Webster's New World
To imitate the function of (another system), as by modifications to hardware or software that allow the imitating system to accept the same data, execute the same programs, and achieve the same results as the imitated system.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
Ambitious.
Webster's New World

(obsolete) Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.

Wiktionary

Origin of Emulate

  • Latin aemulārī aemulāt- from aemulus emulous emulous

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Latin aemulātiō ("strive").

    From Wiktionary

Emulate Sentence Examples

  • We tried to emulate what we had seen in the morning.

  • He tried to emulate the recent success of mine.

  • His proposals came to nothing, but he continued the struggle at a series of diets, and urged the Germans to emulate the courage and union of the Swiss cantons.

  • After thirty-seven years of war he set himself to emulate Asoka and became a patron of art and literature.

  • They were able to emulate the achievements of their predecessors of twelve months ago.

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