imitate
verb (used with object)
to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example.
have imitated
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present perfectof imitate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In an ion trap quantum simulator with 51 particles, the scientists have imitated a real material by recreating it particle by particle and studying it in a controlled laboratory environment.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023
The hackers have imitated prominent organizations to compromise people.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
This time, many European countries have imitated their neighbor.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2020
After another legal dispute, Innes was added to the credits of Oasis’s song Whatever, which was deemed to have imitated his song How Sweet to Be an Idiot.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 30, 2019
If I had been drinking tea at that moment, I would have imitated Javaneh Esfahani and shot it out of my nose.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
