Pronunciations (4)
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/ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt/
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- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/
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- Canada
- General-American
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/ˈem.jə.læɪt/
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ˈɛm.jə.leɪt
Verb
To attempt to equal or be the same as.
Usage- Archaic
To copy or imitate, especially a person.
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People are endlessly fascinating, even if you'd never want to emulate them.
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The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.
To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
Usage- Obsolete
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But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].
of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
Adjective
Striving to excel, ambitious, emulous.
Usage- Obsolete
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That can I, At leaſt the whiſper goes ſo : Our laſt King, Whoſe Image euen but novv appear'd to vs, VVas (as you know) by Fortinbras of Norvvay, (Thereto prick’d on by a moſt emulate Pride) Dar’d to the Combate.
Verb
strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
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He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister
imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software
- Broader terms
compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with
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This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors