What does emulate mean?
Word: Emulate
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Emulate means to copy someone you admire and try to be as good as they are.
Word origin: From Latin aemulari.
How do you spell emulate?
Syllables: em - u - late
Tricky part: The start is the trap. The first beat is strongly stressed, so students double the m.
Watch out for: emmulate, emilate
Memory tip: Imagine an emu copying a peacock's dance: the bird's name shows that one m is enough.
Emulate in a sentence
Example 1: Young cricketers in our town try to emulate Smriti Mandhana's cover drive.
Example 2: Rohan hopes to emulate his sister, who topped the state in maths.
Example 3: The new bakery tried to emulate the famous rolls of the shop next door.
Fun Fact
In computing, an emulator is a program that lets one machine behave like another, which is how old video games can run on modern computers.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Champ
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
emu_ _ _ _
a) lait
b) late
c) leat
d) leit
Show answer
b) late. The last four letters spell the plain word for not on time.
Back to the Roots
Choose the correct option to fill the blank:
The Latin verb aemulari, the source of emulate, meant ___.
a) to thank
b) to rival
c) to guide
d) to obey
Show answer
b) to rival. A rival pushes you to match them, and that idea of competing lies behind the word.
Word Tally
Score 2 marks for each correctly spelt word. How many marks in all?
emulate, aspire, admire, persue, achieve
a) 8
b) 4
c) 6
d) 2
Show answer
a) 8. Only pursue is wrong here, because it begins pur, so four words score.
Word Puzzle
Match each word with its synonym:
1. emulate 2. abolish 3. commend a. applaud b. scrap c. imitate
a) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
b) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
c) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
d) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
Show answer
a) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a. To abolish a rule is to scrap it, and to commend good work is to applaud it.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A junior singer who wants to emulate a star will probably ___.
a) forget the star's name
b) criticise the star's songs
c) practise the star's techniques
d) avoid the star's recordings
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c) practise the star's techniques
2. Which situation is the best example of one person emulating another?
a) a girl lending her bat to a friend
b) a boy training like his running hero
c) a girl selling tickets at a match
d) a boy thanking his swimming coach
Show answer
b) a boy training like his running hero
