Definition of Emulate

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Definition of Emulate
	Emulate Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous. To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great. Related Definitions: Ambitious, And, As, Emulate, Emulous, Equal, Excel, Good, Great, Imitate, In, Or, Outdo, Qualities, Rival, Strive, Striving, The, To, Vie, View, With

Emulate Quotations

As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate.
John McCain

People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.
David Byrne

I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us.
Maynard James Keenan

If you've looked at all the glamour magazines lately, all the covers are actresses. If they are on those covers, they are going to try to emulate models. That's just the way it is.
Portia de Rossi

I've always believed in populating my films with characters who we like, who we have some warmth for, who have warmth for each other, who we would like to hang out with, who we emulate in one way or another.
Ivan Reitman

I think most people don't like others who, without a voice of their own, emulate the other. I certainly don't want anybody just to pick up my thoughts and hand them back to me.
Marguerite Young

Under the auspices of peace, our comprehensive renaissance will be built, and it will be a model for those who wish to emulate it in the greater Arab homeland.
King Hussein I

Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms.
Ralph Bakshi

It's absolutely essential that we have the same safeguards that straight couples do. But I want more than a 50 percent chance of success. I don't want to emulate that.
George Michael

I've never tried to emulate anyone. I've never idolized people, I prefer instead to get off on attitudes.
Michael Hutchence

Emulate Translations

emulate in German is nacheifern, nachahmen, nachbilden
emulate in Italian is emulare
emulate in Norwegian is etterligne
emulate in Swedish is emulera

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