imitate
verb (used with object)
to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example.
imitates
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present tense formof imitate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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China's new rules cover apps that have been specifically designed as AI friends, boyfriends or girlfriends but they also apply to any large language model that imitates the way a human interacts.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Researchers have created a hollow CdS@polydopamine nanoreactor that imitates two important features of living cells.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Yet it wisely imitates neither the structure nor tone of its noble predecessor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
We’ll all find out together if, with the original stock market superstition, life actually imitates art.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
He imitates not just words, but the voices of people that spoke them.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
