to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass:
to emulate one's father as a concert violinist.
2.
to rival with some degree of success:
Some smaller cities now emulate the major capitals in their cultural offerings.
3.
Computers.
to imitate (a particular computer system) by using a software system, often including a microprogram or another computer that enables it to do the same work, run the same programs, etc., as the first.
to replace (software) with hardware to perform the same task.
Go through it and decide what looks good to you, and then try to emulate that look.
Sons often emulate their fathers.
They need experienced players for the newbies to emulate.
We need to use care in selecting the people who we want to emulate.
Some of the writers tried to emulate explorers of the past.
I've tried to emulate his zeal for operational excellence in the restaurant business as well as his emphasis on character.
He implored the students not to emulate his own academic and behavioral missteps.
The carriages recently were completely refurbished to emulate the original features, but modern amenities have been added.
Conditions during the collision emulate those present a few microseconds into the big bang.
British Dictionary definitions for emulate
emulate
/ˈɛmjʊˌleɪt/
verb (transitive)
1.
to attempt to equal or surpass, esp by imitation
2.
to rival or compete with
3.
to make one computer behave like (another different type of computer) so that the imitating system can operate on the same data and execute the same programs as the imitated system