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Emulate: meaning, example and synonyms

Emulatev. To imitate someone or something admired, trying to equal or surpass it.

Flashcard for Emulate (verb): to imitate someone or something admired, trying to equal or surpass it. Example: Young architects in the region sought to emulate the older firm's style, borrowing its open courtyards while experimenting with new materials. Synonyms: imitate, copy, mirror, follow. Antonyms: ignore, disregard. Memory tip: Emulate a role model: copy them to try to equal them. Illustration: a young girl in a painter's smock at an easel copying a landscape, standing beside an older painter working on the same scene.

Example

Young architects in the region sought to emulate the older firm's style, borrowing its open courtyards while experimenting with new materials.

Part of speech
verb
Synonyms
imitate, copy, mirror, follow
Antonyms
ignore, disregard
Memory tip
Emulate a role model: copy them to try to equal them.

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Question 1

Hoping to ______ the success of the region's top school, the new academy adopted its schedule, its curriculum and even its uniform.

Question 2

Many early printers ______ the elegant script of handwritten manuscripts, designing typefaces that closely imitated the scribes' letters.

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