imitate
verb (used with object)
to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example.
will imitate
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future tenseof imitate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Josh Fryday, the Navy veteran and former small-city mayor who holds the job, hopes other states will imitate a program he sees as a next-generation GI Bill.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2022
Coincidence or not, Shore finds it "pretty funny" that life for so many in quarantine will imitate his art in this latest role.
From Fox News ● Sep. 3, 2020
The company won’t print at the museum, but children will imitate the process by drawing, painting and collaging designs onto small totes and backpacks.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2015
Children will imitate parents who model hard work, thrift, and personal advancement.
From Washington Times ● May 25, 2015
For the moment he imitates anything; presently he will imitate what pleases him, what gives him momentary pleasure.
From The Children: Some Educational Problems by Alexander Darroch
