ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsIimitate
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imitate
Meaning: to copy someone's actions, speech, or sounds
imitate in a sentence
How imitate is used in real sentences:
The parrot imitated the sound of the ringing telephone.
For the class skit, Rosa imitated the teacher's cheerful greeting.
“Then she tried to imitate the king's deep voice, just as the script required.”
— from the passage The Missing Crown
Synonyms for imitate
Other words for imitate — copy, mimic and emulate — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of imitate
Words that mean the opposite of imitate:
- originate
- invent
Where it comes from
From Latin imitari 'to copy'
Memory hook
Imitate begins like image: make yourself an image of someone else.