VERB | creation | imitate, copy, simulate | reproduce someone's behavior or looks |
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stative | imitate | appear like, as in behavior or appearance | |
creation | imitate | make a reproduction or copy of |
Sounds | ih'mahtey.t | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | Reproduce someone's behavior or looks. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "The mime imitated the passers-by" | |
Synonyms | copy, simulate | |
Narrower | emulate | strive to equal or match, especially by imitating |
follow, conform to | Behave in accordance or in agreement with | |
mimic, mime | imitate (a person or manner) , especially for satirical effect | |
mock | imitate with mockery and derision | |
model, pattern | plan / plan or create according to a model or models | |
take after, follow | imitate in behavior | |
take off | mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner | |
Broader | reproduce | make a copy or equivalent of |
Spanish | aparentar, copiar, imitar, remedar | |
Catalan | aparentar, copiar, imitar, simular | |
Adjectives | imitative | marked by or given to imitation |
Nouns | imitation | copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else |
imitator | someone who copies the words or behavior of another |
Meaning | Appear like, as in behavior or appearance. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Example | "Life imitate art" | |
Narrower | ape | imitate uncritically and in every aspect |
emulate | imitate the function of (another system) , as by modifying the hardware or the software | |
follow suit | Do what someone else is doing | |
Broader | resemble | Appear like |
Spanish | copiar, imitar, remedar | |
Catalan | copiar, estrafer, imitar |
Meaning | make a reproduction or copy of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | copy, re-create | make a replica of |
Spanish | imitar | |
Catalan | imitar | |
Adjectives | imitative | not genuine |
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