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
There are things I can do — I mean, I’m a great imitator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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
It is, of course, impossible to determine definitely how far he was an original creator, how far a merely vigorous imitator.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar
