word-vault
Version:
A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
101 lines (100 loc) • 3.35 kB
JSON
{
"term": "simulate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "simulate",
"heSheIt": "simulates"
},
"pastSimple": "simulated",
"pastParticiple": "simulated",
"ingForm": "simulating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to create particular conditions that exist in real life using computers, models, etc., usually for study or training purposes",
"sensetop": "simulate something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Computer software can be used to simulate conditions on the seabed."
},
{
"text": "Role-playing is a useful way of simulating real-life situations."
},
{
"text": "The device simulates conditions in space quite closely."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["accurately", "closely"],
"verb + simulate": ["be designed to", "be used to", "try to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to be made to look like something else",
"sensetop": "simulate something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a gas heater that simulates a coal fire"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to pretend that you have a particular feeling",
"sensetop": "simulate something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I tried to simulate surprise at the news."
}
],
"synonyms": "feign"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪmjuleɪt/",
"audio": "si/simulate/simulate__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪmjuleɪts/",
"audio": "si/simulate/simulates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪmjuleɪtɪd/",
"audio": "si/simulate/simulated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪmjuleɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "si/simulate/simulating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪmjuleɪt/",
"audio": "si/simulate/simulate__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪmjuleɪts/",
"audio": "si/simulate/simulates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪmjuleɪtɪd/",
"audio": "si/simulate/simulated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪmjuleɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "si/simulate/simulating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent. (earlier (Middle English) as simulation): from Latin simulat- ‘copied, represented’, from the verb simulare, from similis ‘like’."
}