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# simulator

«simulator» in Mova's school dictionary: **A machine or computer program that copies real conditions…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a simulator, simulators)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A machine or computer program that copies real conditions so people can practise or test something safely, for example a flight simulator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulator/#m1)

2) A computer game that copies a real activity: a farm simulator, a driving simulator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulator/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In technology lessons, pilots and astronauts train on simulators; science museums have earthquake or driving simulators. Kids play simulator games (farming, cooking, building). Phrases: «flight simulator», «driving simulator», «simulator game», «train on a simulator».

### examples

- Pilots practise emergencies in a flight simulator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulator/#x1)
- The science museum has an earthquake simulator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulator/#x2)
- My brother plays a farming simulator on his tablet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulator/#x3)
- Learner drivers can use a driving simulator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulator/#x4)
- Astronauts trained in a simulator before going into space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulator/#x5)
- The simulator shook and tilted like a real plane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulator/#x6)

### note

Countable. Verb: simulate; noun: simulation. Spelling: -ator (not «-er»). A simulator copies reality; it is not real, so mistakes in it are safe.

### In the corpora

- [Think of a pilot in a flight simulator: the cockpit is a model, but the skill is real.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/28-who-you-are-honest-ai/5/)
- [Pilots learn real skills in simulators, and you learn real language and reasoning in your lessons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/28-who-you-are-honest-ai/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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