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# simulated

«simulated» in Mova's school dictionary: **Made to look or feel real, but not real; imitation:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (simulated); past form of the verb simulate (simulate, simulates, simulated, simulating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Made to look or feel real, but not real; imitation: simulated leather, a simulated fire drill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulated/#m1)

2) (adjective, science/computing) Created by a computer model to show what would happen in real life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulated/#m2)

3) (verb, past) Pretended: «She simulated surprise». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulated/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and maths: simulated experiments on a computer, simulated flight for pilots, simulated weather. In safety: simulated emergencies to practise (a fire drill with simulated smoke). In everyday life: simulated fur. Phrases: «a simulated emergency», «simulated flight», «computer-simulated».

### examples

- Pilots train in a simulated cockpit before flying a real plane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulated/#x1)
- The firefighters ran a simulated rescue at our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulated/#x2)
- The bag is made of simulated leather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulated/#x3)
- We watched a simulated volcano on the computer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulated/#x4)
- The game uses simulated weather that changes every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulated/#x5)
- She simulated surprise when she saw the cake, but she already knew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulated/#x6)
- The simulated spacewalk took place in a big pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulated/#x7)

### note

Past and adjective form of «simulate». Noun: «simulation», «simulator» (machine that simulates). Simulated ≠ fake in a bad sense: simulations are useful for practice and science.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «simulated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.