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imitate

[ im-i-teyt ]

verb (used with object)

imitated, imitating.
  1. to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example:

    to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.

  2. to mimic; impersonate:

    The students imitated the teacher behind her back.

    Synonyms: ,

  3. to make a copy of; reproduce closely.
  4. to have or assume the appearance of; simulate; resemble.


imitate

/ ˈɪɪˌٱɪ /

verb

  1. to try to follow the manner, style, character, etc, of or take as a model

    many writers imitated the language of Shakespeare

  2. to pretend to be or to impersonate, esp for humour; mimic
  3. to make a copy or reproduction of; duplicate; counterfeit
  4. to make or be like; resemble or simulate

    her achievements in politics imitated her earlier successes in business

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٲˈٲ, noun
  • ˈˌٲٴǰ, noun
  • ˈٲ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • i·ٲtǰ noun
  • ԴDz·i·ٲiԲ adjective
  • v·i·ٲٱ verb (used with object) overimitated overimitating
  • ·i·ٲٱ verb (used with object) preimitated preimitating
  • ܲ·i·ٲe adjective
  • ܲ·i·ٲiԲ adjective
  • ɱ-i·ٲe adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of imitate1

First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin ٳܲ, past participle of ī “to copy,” presumably a frequentative akin to the base of 岵ō image
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of imitate1

C16: from Latin ī; see image
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Synonym Study

Imitate, copy, duplicate, reproduce all mean to follow or try to follow an example or pattern. Imitate is the general word for the idea: to imitate someone's handwriting, behavior. To copy is to make a fairly exact imitation of an original creation: to copy a sentence, a dress, a picture. To duplicate is to produce something that exactly resembles or corresponds to something else; both may be originals: to duplicate the terms of two contracts. To reproduce is to make a likeness or reconstruction of an original: to reproduce a 16th-century theater.
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Example Sentences

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At last week's leadership debate, candidates referred to Poilievre as "our little version of Trump here at home" and said he was looking to "imitate" the US president.

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She told the BBC that after a few months, Westwood pressured her into sexual behaviour, sending her web links to content he would ask her to imitate with him.

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To film the video, prosecutors said, the truck was towed to the top of a hill and released to imitate the appearance of driving.

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Now we can add imitating a seagull to the list of things you can be booked for in the Premier League.

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“This is art imitating life, imitating art,” the two-time Grammy Award winner said Friday in a statement.

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