impersonate
verb (used with object)
to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be.
impersonates
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present tense formof impersonate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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This can occur when a company impersonates an airline’s customer-service number or site, often by buying a sponsored ad on a search platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Kit impersonates her dad's voice: "Come on out!"
From BBC ● May 5, 2025
Taylor fondly impersonates the roving sweet potato vendor who shouted into his loudspeaker: “All you little children playing in the sand, go tell your mama, ‘Here’s the Sweet Potato Man!’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2024
The fabricated quote originated on a parody Twitter account that impersonates Greene.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
There is another sort to be seen where George Beban impersonates The Italian in a film of that title, by Thomas H. Ince and G. Gardener Sullivan.
From The Art of the Moving Picture by Vachel Lindsay
