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Verb
/ˈimiˌtāt/,
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imitated, past participle; imitates, 3rd person singular present; imitating, present participle; imitated, past tense;
  1. Take or follow as a model
    • - his style was imitated by many other writers
  2. Copy (a person's speech or mannerisms), esp. for comic effect
    • - she imitated my Scottish accent
  3. Copy or simulate
    • - synthetic fabrics can now imitate everything from silk to rubber
  1. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"
  2. appear like, as in behavior or appearance; "Life imitate art"
  3. make a reproduction or copy of
  4. (imitation) fake: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
  5. (imitation) the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
  6. (imitation) something copied or derived from an original
  7. Imitation is an advanced behavior whereby an individual observes and replicates another's. The word can be applied in many contexts, ranging from animal training to international politics.
  8. (Imitation (film)) Imitation is a 2006 Canadian film by Federico Hidalgo starring Vanessa Bauche, Jesse Aaron Dwyre and Conrad Pla and distributed by Atopia Distribution
  9. (Imitation (music)) In music, imitation is when a musical gesture is repeated later in a different form, but retains its original character. When a phrase recurs exactly as before, it is called strict imitation. A round is thus an example of strict imitation. ...
  10. (Imitation (the arts)) Mimesis (from) is a critical and philosophical term that carries a wide range of meanings, which include: imitation, representation, mimicry, imitatio, nonsensuous similarity, the act of resembling, the act of expression, and the presentation of the self. ...
  11. To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of; To copy
  12. (imitated) if you copied what someone did or said, you imitated him or her.
  13. (imitating) copying what someone does
  14. (imitation) the restatement in succession of identical or nearly identical musical materials in two or more parts
  15. (Imitation) the repetition of a phrase, usually at a different pitch
  16. (Imitation) Similar melodic material used in dialogue between parts at a different pitch.
  17. (Imitation) Constructed to look like the genuine article whether it be gem or metal, but lacking the crystal structure and chemical composition.
  18. (IMITATION) A reproduction of an original drawing or of a particular artist's style.
  19. (Imitation) "intentional behavior that aims to reproduce the intentional behavior of others" (Michael Tomasello).
  20. (Imitation) (Nachahmung) is a reactive behavior that has no meaningful orientation.
  21. (Imitation) A device in part-writing in which one voice repeats (or approximately repeats) a musical figure previously stated by another voice. Canon and fugue employ imitation with strict rules.
  22. (Imitation) A food which is a substitute for another food and is usually nutritionally inferior. May still contain the same number of calories and fat.
  23. (Imitation) A fugal technique of composition, in which one part introduces a theme, or subject which is then answered by the other parts by reiterating the same theme later in the work. This term is usually applied to fugal passages in choral music.
  24. (Imitation) A gem with a different chemical composition than the the gem it is meant to imitate.
  25. (Imitation) A substance that simulates a genuine gem, although typically applied to glass, plastic, and other non-crystalline materials.