Thesaurus results for EMULATE

emulate

verb

ˈem-yə-ˌlāt

as in to come (to)

to be the same in meaning or effect what they offered at the new resort didn't begin to emulate the kind of pampering we were used to getting at the resort that closed down

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as in to imitate

to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior a pro athlete who has often said that children should emulate their parents—not him

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Recent Examples of emulate To bring Scooter to life, Walt Disney Imagineering used motion-capture technology of the actual adorable Muppet to emulate his movements. —

Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 To cap off her look, Swift tied a long black satin ribbon into a bow around her ponytail, adding a romantic detail that can be emulated for under ten dollars. —

Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 14 May 2026 In a passage from the Torah read on the holiest day of the year, God reveals to Moses the part of the divine persona that humans are supposed to emulate. —

Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026 The Low Latency Profile appears to be an attempt to emulate this in Windows. —

Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for emulate

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Researchers will wear sensors while carrying out laboratory tasks, allowing the system to capture movements, workflows, and decision-making patterns that robots can later imitate.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
What makes the campaign especially convincing is that each stage imitates familiar Apple, Google or Microsoft software behavior many Mac users already trust and routinely encounter.

— Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026