- 1imitate somebody/something to copy someone or something Her style of painting has been imitated by other artists. Art imitates Nature. Teachers provide a model for children to imitate. No computer can imitate the complex functions of the human brain.
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- 2imitate somebody to copy the way a person speaks or behaves, in order to amuse people synonym mimic She knew that the girls used to imitate her and laugh at her behind her back.
imitate
verbNAmE//ˈɪməˌteɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they imitate he / she / it imitates
past simple imitated
-ing form imitating
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