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Meaning of 'emulate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Emulate [ a.]
- Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.
2 . Emulate [ 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.

Meaning of 'emulate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . emulate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
Example in sentence:
  • He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister
Meaning (2):
- compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with
Example in sentence:
  • This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors

Nearby Words:

emu emu wren emulable emulated emulating emulation emulative emulatively emulator emulatory

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