emulate

Speech parts

1. emulate - Adjective

2. emulate - Verb

Meaning

Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

echo ape follow match parallel copy rival mirror reproduce replicate imitate mimic xerox mime model
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Antonyms

name pilot judge doom buck reject
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Hypernyms

vie copy compete simulate contend imitate

Phrases with the word

model to emulate

Derivatives

emulated emulating

Examples

People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them. David Byrne

One should emulate works and deeds of virtue, not arguments about it. Democritus

Bill Finger was a contributing force on Batman right from the beginning. He wrote most of the great stories and was influential in setting the style and genre other writers would emulate ... I made Batman a superhero-vigilante when I first created him. Bill turned him into a scientific detective. Bob Kane

There is no doubt that a dog is loyal. But does that mean we should emulate him? After all, he is loyal to people, not to other dogs. Karl Kraus

A woman can only be superior as a woman; as soon as she wants to emulate man, she is nothing but an ape. Joseph de Maistre

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh. Myanmar Proverb

Close letter words and terms

emuellid emulable emulatable emulation emulation environment emulation of a computer system