Emulation
[,emjʊ'leɪʃən] or [,ɛmjə'leʃən]
Definition
(noun.) effort to equal or surpass another.
(noun.) (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another.
(noun.) ambition to equal or excel.
Editor: Sonya--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.
(n.) Jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
Edited by Elvis
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Rivalry, competition, desire to excel, desire of superiority.
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Examples
- To midnight revelry, and the panting emulation of beauty, to costly dress and birth-day shew, to title and the gilded coronet, farewell! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Rivalship and emulation render excellency, even in mean professions, an object of ambition, and frequently occasion the very greatest exertions. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Emulation, that in its excess almost assumed the venomous properties of envy, gave a sting to these feelings. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was by this method, and not by emulation, that we were urged to application. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Hence his admiration and his emulation of that shining enchanter. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And as to ourselves, we need no longer have recourse to the late glorious stand of the French parliaments to excite our emulation. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Imitation, emulation, the need of working together, enforce control. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- To be sure, my dear, that is very stupid indeed, and shows a great want of genius and emulation. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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