Emulate

[em·u·late]

When you emulate someone, you imitate them, especially with the idea of matching their success.

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Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.

Verb
compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with; "This artists''s drawings cannot emulate his water colors"

Verb
imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software

Verb
strive to equal or match, especially by imitating; "He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister"


a.
Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.

v. t.
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.


Emulate

Em"u*late , a. [L. aemulatus, p. p. of aemulari, fr. aemulus emulous; prob. akin to E. imitate.] Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous. [Obs.] "A most emulate pride." Shak.

Emulate

Em"u*late , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emulated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Emulating .] 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.
Thine eye would emulate the diamond.

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.

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Usage Examples

It's been really fun to see with each album when I change to see the fans of the show emulate my style and with the first record a lot of the kids in the crowd were wearing neck ties like I was and now you'll see a lot of girls with pink hair. It's cool, it's actually really neat.

I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny.

I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us.

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Other Usage Examples

I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half, and since then I've asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That's really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.

Under the auspices of peace, our comprehensive renaissance will be built, and it will be a model for those who wish to emulate it in the greater Arab homeland.

It's absolutely essential that we have the same safeguards that straight couples do. But I want more than a 50 percent chance of success. I don't want to emulate that.

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