Emulate

['emjʊleɪt] or ['ɛmjulet]

Definition

(verb.) compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with; 'This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors'.

(verb.) imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software.

(verb.) strive to equal or match, especially by imitating; 'He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister'.

Editor: Yvonne--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.

(v. t.) To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Rival, vie with, compete with, strive to equal or to excel.

Editor: Rosanne

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Rival, vie, compete, aspire

ANT:Disaffect, shun, forego, abandon, despise, contemn, waive

Typist: Suzy

Definition

v.t. to strive to equal or excel: to imitate with a view to equal or excel: to rival.—adj. (Shak.) ambitious.—n. Emulā′tion act of emulating or attempting to equal or excel: rivalry: competition: contest: (obs.) jealous rivalry.—adj. Em′ulative inclined to emulation rivalry or competition.—n. Em′ulator:—fem. Em′ulatress.—adj. Em′ulatory arising from or expressing emulation.—v.t. Em′ule (obs) to emulate.—adj. Em′ulous eager to emulate: desirous of like excellence with another: engaged in competition or rivalry.—adv. Em′ulously—n. Em′ulousness.

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