imitate

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈɪmɪteɪt/

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• Hyphenation: i‧mi‧tate

Verb

Plain form imitate

Third-person singular imitates

Past tense imitated

Past participle imitated

Present participle imitating

1. To imitate is to copy what someone else says or does.

   The monkey imitated every action I made.

Related words

• imitation