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emulate
UK /ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt/ US /ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/
verb 4adj 1
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3ADJ.
known, light, moral, powerful, successful, trying
VERB + EMULATE
want
EMULATE + NOUN
d, dar, economies, father, tom
Definitions
verb
1
To attempt to equal or be the same as.
2
To copy or imitate, especially a person.
People are endlessly fascinating, even if you'd never want to emulate them.
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.
3
To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
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 [...].
4
of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
adj
1
Striving to excel, ambitious, emulous.
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.
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People are endlessly fascinating, even if you'd never want to emulate them.
Wiktionary02
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.
Wiktionary03
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 [...].
Wiktionary04
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 t
Wiktionary05
As children are known to emulate the values of adults, it is often pointed out such "education mamas" instill a warped sense of values in their children.
Tatoeba · #3811106
Every child needs someone to admire and emulate.
Tatoeba · #2994096Usage Notes
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