imitate

🇺🇸 /ˈɪmɪteɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈɪmɪteɪt/
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Tags TOP10000CEFR-C1
verb
R

to copy someone or something

Children often imitate the actions of their parents.

R

to copy how someone speaks or acts to make others laugh

He can imitate famous people's voices to make his friends laugh.

translation

v. to copy someone or something; to copy how someone speaks or acts to make others laugh

Word Forms

3rd Present imitates
Past imitated
Perfect imitated
Progressive imitating