imitate

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb reproduce someone's behavior or looks
  2. verb appear like, as in behavior or appearance
  3. verb make a reproduction or copy of

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imitātus, perfect active participle of imitor (“to copy, portray, imitate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French imiter.

In classic literature

Synonyms

copy, simulate

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