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emulate

/ˈɛmjəleɪt/  ·  say it: EM·yuh·layt

to imitate in order to match or surpass

In Sophisticated Everyday

In more detail

1. (verb) to try to do something as well as or better than someone else by copying what they do

2. (verb) to copy or imitate someone or something

Examples

• 1. Young musicians often emulate their favorite artists.
• 2. The new software is designed to emulate the functions of the original program.

Nearby in Sophisticated Everyday

daunting, discern, disparate, fastidious, feasible, fortuitous