Imitate

Word IMITATE
Character 7
Hyphenation im i tate
Pronunciations /ˈɪmɪteɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Imitate"

What do we mean by imitate?

To use or follow as a model. transitive verb

To copy the mannerisms or speech of; mimic. transitive verb

To copy (mannerisms or speech). transitive verb

To copy exactly; reproduce. transitive verb

To appear like; resemble. transitive verb

To use as a model or pattern; make a copy, counterpart, or semblance of.

To take example by, in action or manner; follow or endeavor to copy as an exemplar; act in the manner or character of; pattern after.

Synonyms Imitate, Counterfeit, Mimic, Ape, Mock. Imitate is the general word for the expression of the idea common to these five words. To counterfeit is to imitate exactly or as closely as possible, more often for a dishonest purpose; to mimic is to imitate in sport or ridicule, as to mimic one's affectations in speech or carriage; to ape is to imitate with servility. Mock, whose first meaning was to imitate in derision, has changed ground so as now generally to mean to deride by imitation, or, still more broadly, to treat with scorn, to tantalize.

To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc. transitive verb

To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy. transitive verb

To resemble (another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object) in form, color, ornamentation, or instinctive habits, so as to derive an advantage thereby; sa, when a harmless snake imitates a venomous one in color and manner, or when an odorless insect imitates, in color, one having secretion offensive to birds. transitive verb

To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of. verb

To copy. verb

Appear like, as in behavior or appearance verb

Make a reproduction or copy of verb

Reproduce someone's behavior or looks verb

To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.

Inoying Urban Dictionary

Imitation .. Sincerest form of flattery .. Nice new motor SB …. Wow just wow … Nice to see you bright and early this morning … … … Urban Dictionary

Someone who assumes the identity of another, possibly to damage their image. Urban Dictionary

Someone that never quit putting the shit you had in your room as a kid in their room as an adult. Urban Dictionary

Someone who goes around trying to reject people, to show them the pain of rejection they feel everyday. Urban Dictionary

To imitate is to pretend that you're copying said person you're imitating. Imitation is a form of copying and pretending to copy. Urban Dictionary

The Imitator is that very one in a kind, outstanding part of a bunch, who progressively develops an natural born skill to imitate the regular dancers or audience dancers at a disco or club, either each and every member of his close circle. Even long time passed, he/she still is able to reproduce their figures and main movements with a superb accuracy. However, no one can or has the least clue to imitate The Imitator. Hence the moto: It is impossible to imitate The Imitator. Coined in Ibiza 2020. Urban Dictionary

The most obviously form of laziness according to Bears Legend Tom Waddle Urban Dictionary

A habitual copycat, one without an original bone in their body. Urban Dictionary

The white kids you see in rich towns wearing flat-brimmed baseball caps and listening to rap, while speaking like all the "gangster" black people they see on TV. Most have never seen a black person in real life. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Imitate

The word "imitate" in example sentences

When the three deacons who sing the Passion have left, the deacon, subdeacon and acolytes follow the normal rites that precede the Gospel procession; on this day, however, the Mass which they imitate is the Solemn Requiem Mass. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is easy to once again imitate without thinking about the reasoning, especially in the impressionable age of the students. ❋ Unknown (2007)

All the while unbelievers laugh; men of weak faith are shaken; faith is uncertain; souls are drenched in ignorance, because adulterators of the word imitate the truth. ❋ Unknown (1895)

"I have a less medical, and more religious, idea: cultivate a liturgical garden and emblematic vegetables; make a kitchen and flower garden that may set forth the glory of God and carry up our prayers in their language; and, in short, imitate the purpose of the Song of the Three Holy Children in the fiery furnace, when they called on all Nature, from the breath of the storm to the seed buried in the field, to Bless the Lord!" ❋ Unknown (1877)

He Himself sets us the pattern, which to imitate is to be the children of 'our ❋ Alexander Maclaren (1868)

But Sharif said Egypt would not "imitate" other countries. ❋ Griff Witte (2011)

By the end of the hour we were laughing so hard tears were coming out of our eyes -- M.s. would call out the names of people we know and I would "imitate" their dance moves, either the ones we have witnessed and know to be accurate, or my interpretations of how a certain person would most likely dance based on his or her other characteristics. ❋ Barbylon (2006)

For a polymer to be electrically conductive it must "imitate" a metal – the electrons in the bonds must be freely mobile and not bound fast to the atoms. ❋ Unknown (2000)

Something very similar, the neglect of a distinction in the text, happens when Mr. Cameron cannot "make sense" of my remark that the nuclear processes which we are now able to initiate on earth and which before went on only in the universe surrounding us, for instance in the sun, signify that we no longer "imitate" but "make nature." ❋ Arendt, Hannah (1970)

The notes are printed on specially prepared paper, to imitate which is regarded as a counterfeit. ❋ Alfred Rochefort Calhoun (N/A)

Paper made with distinguishing marks to indicate proprietorship, as with the Bank of England water mark, to imitate which is a felony. ❋ Unknown (1904)

imitate [don’t] [di] ❋ Lapland (2018)

Imitation … not just the art .. [Inspiration] from [multi] [sources] … ❋ LetsTalkAboutX (2023)

[my definition] number [646] - [Creed], performed by a 14 year old with no friends who uses gaytalk ❋ Gumba Gumba (2004)

[The bubbly] girl put [glow in the dark] stars in her room like her brother had as a kid, thinking that she wouldn't end up by herself if [she did that]. She thought that glow in the dark stars made somebody a likeable person. Imitation was what drove all the other things in her life that money couldn't buy and power couldn't intimidate, it always had been. ❋ The Original Agahnim (2021)

The [imitation] got rejected so much of her life that she began to [reject] other people. She got bullied so much of her life, that she went out and got badass [tattoos] and tried to bully other people. ❋ Solid Mantis (2020)

I'm not [copying] OR [imitating] you! Imitate, [pshh]... I never do that! ❋ Tsunxmi (2018)

The [Imitator] is that very one in a kind, outstanding part of a bunch, who progressively develops an innate skill to imitate the regular dancers or audience dancers at a disco or club, either each and every member of his close circle. Even long time passed, he/she still is able to reproduce their figures and main movements with a superb accuracy. However, no one can or has the least clue to imitate The Imitator. Hence the [moto]: “(It is impossible to imitate) The Imitator.” Coined in [Ibiza] 2020. Where dance floors have been in close [comit]é and most faces became familiar. ❋ Jay C Gil (2020)

[David] [Kaplan] (imitation) ❋ TommyWaddleHOF (2017)

Guy: I got [a parking ticket] today, [so there's that]. Girl: Stop saying "[So there's that]"! That's my phrase! You're such an Imitator Jackson! ❋ Big Little Mama Bear Sue (2011)

the white kid who dated the asian [kid's] sister in the movie "[Gran Torino]" was an [imitation nigger] ❋ Puffincat (2009)

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