Emulate
verb
To try to be like someone or something, often because of admiration.
She grew up emulating her sports heroes.
Often appears as...
- emulate a role model
- emulate success
verb
In computing, to operate or behave like another system or process.
This software emulates a Windows environment.
Often appears as...
- emulate an operating system
- emulate a process
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To try to be like someone or something, often because of admiration.
She grew up emulating her sports heroes.
Often appears as...
- emulate a role model
- emulate success
verb
In computing, to operate or behave like another system or process.
This software emulates a Windows environment.
Often appears as...
- emulate an operating system
- emulate a process
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
When you emulate, it suggests admiration and positive intent to match someone's achievements or qualities.
He emulated his teacher's calm manner and became more respected by classmates.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Improvement
Emulate is often used when trying to improve oneself by following another's example.
She emulated her mentor's study habits and saw an improvement in her grades.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Exact Copying
Emulating someone doesn't mean copying them exactly, but rather trying to achieve similar success or behavior.
He didn't just copy his brother's business; he emulated his strategic thinking.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
When you emulate, it suggests admiration and positive intent to match someone's achievements or qualities.
He emulated his teacher's calm manner and became more respected by classmates.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Improvement
Emulate is often used when trying to improve oneself by following another's example.
She emulated her mentor's study habits and saw an improvement in her grades.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Exact Copying
Emulating someone doesn't mean copying them exactly, but rather trying to achieve similar success or behavior.
He didn't just copy his brother's business; he emulated his strategic thinking.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
When you emulate, it suggests admiration and positive intent to match someone's achievements or qualities.
He emulated his teacher's calm manner and became more respected by classmates.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Improvement
Emulate is often used when trying to improve oneself by following another's example.
She emulated her mentor's study habits and saw an improvement in her grades.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Exact Copying
Emulating someone doesn't mean copying them exactly, but rather trying to achieve similar success or behavior.
He didn't just copy his brother's business; he emulated his strategic thinking.
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David Hanson: Robots...
that recognizes facial expressions, what facial expressions you're making. It also recognizes where you're looking, your head orientation. We're emulating all the major facial expressions, and then controlling it with the software that we call the Character Engine. And here is a little bit of the technology that's involved in that.
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How to start a movement...
three is a crowd, and a crowd is news. So a movement must be public. It's important to show not just the leader, but the followers, because you find that new followers emulate the followers, not the leader. Now, here come two more people, and immediately after, three more people. Now we've got momentum. This is the tipping point.
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The neurons that shaped...
For one thing they must be involved in things like imitation and emulation. Because to imitate a complex act requires my brain to adopt the other person's point of view. So, this is important for imitation and emulation. Well, why is that important? Well, let's take a look at the next slide.
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How to write like the...
reinforcing the prejudices of her time. This is certainly not an element of Christie’s work worth emulating, and fortunately, many modern mystery writers have found less problematic ways to use this technique. Even when she got it wrong, Christie worked to make her characters feel authentic.
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New bionics let us run,...
comparable to how muscles work in the calf region. This bionic propulsion is very important clinically to patients. So on the left, you see the bionic device worn by a lady, on the right, a passive device worn by the same lady, that fails to emulate normal muscle function,
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Computing with fluids PIPE...
Turing machine any of you who think about computation this is the simplest possible machine that has the capacity to emulate any computer in the world any classical computer so it's not just fun and games here if you think about the history of computation all the way from
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What would happen if we...
To understand that, we'll need to understand three key facts. First, ems by definition do what the human they emulate would do in the same situation. So their lives and behavior are very human. They're mainly different because they're living in a different world.
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Eduardo Briceño: How to...
and teams in any domain do something we can all emulate. They go through life deliberately alternating between two the learning zone and the performance zone. The learning zone is when our goal is to improve. Then we do activities designed for improvement,
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Biker Chicks PIPE National...
and a very close-knit family but women bikers who seek to emulate outlaw biker values face an uphill struggle many outlaw bikers don't take kindly to women encroaching on their domain it's a man's world period it's a
Video examples
Sneaky Kea Raids A...
astern it emulates the first birds actions solving the problem to claim its own reward
Video examples
David Hanson: Robots...
that recognizes facial expressions, what facial expressions you're making. It also recognizes where you're looking, your head orientation. We're emulating all the major facial expressions, and then controlling it with the software that we call the Character Engine. And here is a little bit of the technology that's involved in that.
Video examples
How to start a movement...
three is a crowd, and a crowd is news. So a movement must be public. It's important to show not just the leader, but the followers, because you find that new followers emulate the followers, not the leader. Now, here come two more people, and immediately after, three more people. Now we've got momentum. This is the tipping point.
Video examples
The neurons that shaped...
For one thing they must be involved in things like imitation and emulation. Because to imitate a complex act requires my brain to adopt the other person's point of view. So, this is important for imitation and emulation. Well, why is that important? Well, let's take a look at the next slide.
Video examples
How to write like the...
reinforcing the prejudices of her time. This is certainly not an element of Christie’s work worth emulating, and fortunately, many modern mystery writers have found less problematic ways to use this technique. Even when she got it wrong, Christie worked to make her characters feel authentic.
Video examples
New bionics let us run,...
comparable to how muscles work in the calf region. This bionic propulsion is very important clinically to patients. So on the left, you see the bionic device worn by a lady, on the right, a passive device worn by the same lady, that fails to emulate normal muscle function,
Video examples
Computing with fluids PIPE...
Turing machine any of you who think about computation this is the simplest possible machine that has the capacity to emulate any computer in the world any classical computer so it's not just fun and games here if you think about the history of computation all the way from
Video examples
What would happen if we...
To understand that, we'll need to understand three key facts. First, ems by definition do what the human they emulate would do in the same situation. So their lives and behavior are very human. They're mainly different because they're living in a different world.
Video examples
Eduardo Briceño: How to...
and teams in any domain do something we can all emulate. They go through life deliberately alternating between two the learning zone and the performance zone. The learning zone is when our goal is to improve. Then we do activities designed for improvement,
Video examples
Biker Chicks PIPE National...
and a very close-knit family but women bikers who seek to emulate outlaw biker values face an uphill struggle many outlaw bikers don't take kindly to women encroaching on their domain it's a man's world period it's a
Video examples
Sneaky Kea Raids A...
astern it emulates the first birds actions solving the problem to claim its own reward
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Quote examples
Jack Canfield
American Author
There have been many people whom I have admired, emulated and even modeled parts of my life after. I study how they do things, and then I go through a period of 'trying on' those same thinking patterns and behaviors. After awhile, what is not essentially me falls away while the useful parts remain.
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Jack White
American Musician
When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people don't say. I don't like anything that starts with 're' - like retro, reinvent, recreate - I hate that. It's always like living in the past - copying, emulating.
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Finneas
American Musician
Being able to hear an artist and emulate them has been a huge part of being successful as a producer and co-writer. I think it's a problem when a producer comes in to work with an artist, and you can't hear the artist as well anymore. It's very important to me to be invisible.
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Jim Jefferies
Australian Comedian
I've never sat down with the intent of trying to shock or anything like that; it just so happens that the sense of humour I enjoyed watching as a kid is the type of humour I try to emulate as an adult. It's not a decision. It might sound a bit wanky, but it's the truth.
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Howard Gardner
American Psychologist
For most, the school is the first model of a community, and it can be a very powerful one. We need to ensure that young people are raised in educational communities that they admire and that they will seek to emulate or re-create for the rest of their lives.
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Guilherme Leal
Brazilian Businessman
We need to be both conscious and competent to design products that emulate nature's life cycles, making sure that they endure and are either recycled or absorbed.
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Ne-Yo
American Musician
As an artist, you know as a person in the public eye, period, you kind of have a responsibility to the younger kids that are watching and emulating what you do.
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Future
American Musician
I wanna be one of those special guys. Jimi Hendrix wasn't afraid of who he was. That's the part I emulate.
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Yoshihiko Noda
Japanese Statesman
A loach can't emulate a goldfish. Because of my looks, the public support rating for us won't rise.
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Jade Jagger
English Designer
I think it's important to be yourself and not try and emulate someone else's look.
Quote examples
Jack Canfield
American Author
There have been many people whom I have admired, emulated and even modeled parts of my life after. I study how they do things, and then I go through a period of 'trying on' those same thinking patterns and behaviors. After awhile, what is not essentially me falls away while the useful parts remain.
Quote examples
Jack White
American Musician
When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people don't say. I don't like anything that starts with 're' - like retro, reinvent, recreate - I hate that. It's always like living in the past - copying, emulating.
Quote examples
Finneas
American Musician
Being able to hear an artist and emulate them has been a huge part of being successful as a producer and co-writer. I think it's a problem when a producer comes in to work with an artist, and you can't hear the artist as well anymore. It's very important to me to be invisible.
Quote examples
Jim Jefferies
Australian Comedian
I've never sat down with the intent of trying to shock or anything like that; it just so happens that the sense of humour I enjoyed watching as a kid is the type of humour I try to emulate as an adult. It's not a decision. It might sound a bit wanky, but it's the truth.
Quote examples
Howard Gardner
American Psychologist
For most, the school is the first model of a community, and it can be a very powerful one. We need to ensure that young people are raised in educational communities that they admire and that they will seek to emulate or re-create for the rest of their lives.
Quote examples
Guilherme Leal
Brazilian Businessman
We need to be both conscious and competent to design products that emulate nature's life cycles, making sure that they endure and are either recycled or absorbed.
Quote examples
Ne-Yo
American Musician
As an artist, you know as a person in the public eye, period, you kind of have a responsibility to the younger kids that are watching and emulating what you do.
Quote examples
Future
American Musician
I wanna be one of those special guys. Jimi Hendrix wasn't afraid of who he was. That's the part I emulate.
Quote examples
Yoshihiko Noda
Japanese Statesman
A loach can't emulate a goldfish. Because of my looks, the public support rating for us won't rise.
Quote examples
Jade Jagger
English Designer
I think it's important to be yourself and not try and emulate someone else's look.
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