imitate
verb (used with object)
to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example.
imitator
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a word derived from
imitate.
Example Sentences
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Sam Konstas, the 20-year-old Bazball imitator, peaked with 60 on debut against India on Boxing Day and has not passed 25 in his other nine Test innings, so has been left out.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
The largest imitator in the United States is CicLAvia in Los Angeles, which closes different sections of streets around the city half a dozen times each year.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2024
By contrast the human nose — though able to distinguish between 1 trillion different scents — seems like a weak imitator.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2024
This nano-scale imitator is a product of a team led by Nathan Gianneschi, a professor of chemistry at Northwestern and faculty member at the university's International Institute for Nanotechnology.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
This form was due to the invention of the Alexandrians; and Catullus in the selection of his subject and in his manner of treating it takes up the position of an imitator.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar
