imitate
/ˈɪmɪteɪt/verb3 syllables
Imitate means: reproduce someone's behavior or looks.
Synonyms for imitate9
What does imitate mean?3
verb
1
reproduce someone's behavior or looks“The mime imitated the passers-by”
2
appear like, as in behavior or appearance“Life imitates art”
3
make a reproduction or copy of
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Imitate in a sentence
- Children don't listen to us, they imitate us.carlosalberto
- Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good.ddnktr
- If something is fashionable, everyone wants to imitate it.carlosalberto
- Do not pelt your dog with stones, so the neighbors will not imitate you.carlosalberto
- At your level, you don't learn by imitating, you learn by creating.mexicanhere
- The wolf tried to imitate the voice of the mom goat.maaster
- At a certain age they want to imitate.ajje
- Children imitate their peers rather than their parents.AlanF_US
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of imitate
as a verb
- past tense
- imitated
- present participle
- imitating
- third-person singular
- imitates
- past participle
- imitated