simulated 1 of 2

adjective

ˈsim-yə-ˌlā-təd How to pronounce simulated (audio)
Definition of simulatednext
1
as in synthetic
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials a simulated leopard skin rug

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2
as in mock
lacking in natural or spontaneous quality the simulated friendliness in public of two politicians who can't stand each other in private

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simulated

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verb

past tense of simulate
as in pretended
to present a false appearance of cosmetics that simulate a suntan

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Recent Examples of simulated
Adjective
During the test, the 28-meter-tall demonstrator underwent a simulated pre-flight sequence under cryogenic conditions. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026 The team also worked with manned aircraft in local airspace and ran simulated combat scenarios to help define what future versions of the platform will need. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
Verb
Semien played in a minor league game Sunday in Hartford and took simulated at-bats in Brooklyn during the break, including some off right-hander Clay Holmes. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026 One of the scenarios simulated terrorists infiltrating the kibbutz kindergarten. — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for simulated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for simulated
  1. synthetic
  2. mock
  3. pretended
  4. faux
  5. strained
  6. assumed
  7. artificial
  8. fake
Adjective
  • Those rules require generative AI providers to make synthetic output machine-readable and detectable.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
  • That meant favoring metals and synthetic materials over classic mid-century finishes like walnut.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of synthetic
Adjective
  • For the movie's California premiere, the star, who is pregnant with her third child, looked radiant in a baby-blue mock-neck top featuring a mid-drift hem that perfectly framed her growing baby bump.
    — Morgan Evans, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Juice a Mock Scrape Where legally permitted, juicing a scrape or creating a mock scrape can influence deer, too.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of mock
Verb
  • As bait, the researchers created a fake startup, Ballena Azul, which pretended to focus on decentralized finance for large holders of cryptocurrency, which North Koreans have been known to target to fund the country’s regime.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The woman got up on their table and gleefully pretended to tap dance, drawing an amused crowd of onlookers.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of pretended
Adjective
  • Add black ribbon or a handful of faux spider webs for Halloween, and swap out later with autumnal foliage for Thanksgiving.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • But with sneakers strewn in the doorway and a cookbook opened to a specific recipe, the faux house felt lived in.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of faux
Adjective
  • As her condition advances, the story folds in her strained bonds with her daughter, played by Wen Qi, and her father, played by Fifth Generation filmmaker Tian Zhuangzhuang.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, strained yogurt remained mainly a homemade food in immigrant households until 1998, when FAGE began selling strained yogurt imported from Greece.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of strained
Verb
  • Mueller was appointed and assumed office as police chief in Stillwater in January 2021.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2026
  • As of now, most people have assumed that Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie who disappeared in early 2026, won’t be found alive.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of assumed
Adjective
  • As per the team, the material can be used in soft robots, artificial muscles, wearables, and other shape-changing devices.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Doctors for decades have used scalpels to perform cataract surgery, which involves removing the cataract and replacing the cloudy natural lens with a clear artificial one.
    — Phil Galewitz, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of artificial
Adjective
  • But if Rodgers and Newton are right about fake vaccination cards being a thing around the NFL at the time, there was apparently much bamboozling being done by a number of people.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • As bait, the researchers created a fake startup, Ballena Azul, which pretended to focus on decentralized finance for large holders of cryptocurrency, which North Koreans have been known to target to fund the country’s regime.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026
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