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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɪmɪteɪt/ [US] Audio: En-us-imitate.ogg Forms: imitates [present, singular, third-person], imitating [participle, present], imitated [participle, past], imitated [past]
Etymology: From Latin imitatus, past participle of imito (“to copy, portray, imitate”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|imitatus}} Latin imitatus Head templates: {{en-verb}} imitate (third-person singular simple present imitates, present participle imitating, simple past and past participle imitated)
  1. To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of. Derived forms: self-imitate Related terms: imitation, imitative, imitable, imitator, decoy, fake, lie Translations (to follow as a model): namaak (Afrikaans), naboots (Afrikaans), na-aap (Afrikaans), قَلَّدَ (qallada) (Arabic), قلد (ʔallid) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), قَلَّد (gallad) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), ընդօրինակել (əndōrinakel) (Armenian), imitar (Asturian), перайма́ць (pjerajmácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), імітава́ць (imitavácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), подража́вам (podražávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), имити́рам (imitíram) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), imitar (Catalan), 模擬 /模拟 (mónǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), napodobit [imperfective] (Czech), nabootsen (Dutch), imiteren (Dutch), matkima (Estonian), matkia (Finnish), imiter (French), imitar (Galician), arremedar (Galician), imitieren (German), utánoz (Hungarian), imitál (Hungarian), imitare (Italian), 倣う (narau) (alt: ならう) (Japanese), 真似る (maneru) (alt: まねる) (Japanese), 模倣する (mohō suru) (alt: もほうする) (Japanese), ត្រាប់ (trap) (Khmer), ធ្វើត្រាប់តាម (thvəə trap taam) (Khmer), 흉내내다 (hyungnaenaeda) (Korean), 본뜨다 (bontteuda) (Korean), imitor (Latin), tiru (Malay), utiba (Maore Comorian), whakatau (Maori), onhyrian (Old English), naśladować [imperfective] (Polish), udawać [imperfective] (Polish), imitować [imperfective] (Polish), imitar (Portuguese), подража́ть (podražátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), имити́ровать (imitírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), oponašati (Slovene), posnemati (Slovene), imitirati (Slovene), imitar (Spanish), iga (Swahili), imitera (alt: 1) (Swedish), imitera (Swedish), härma (alt: 2) (Swedish), అనుకరించు (anukariñcu) (Telugu), เลียน (liian) (Thai), เลียนแบบ (liian-bɛ̀ɛp) (Thai), taklit etmek (Turkish), öykünmek (Turkish), örnek almak (Turkish), удава́ти (udaváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), наслі́дувати (naslíduvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), імітува́ти (imituváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), recavar (Venetan), nhái (Vietnamese), bắt chước (Vietnamese), theo đòi (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-imitate-en-verb-YLx7KoTD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maore Comorian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Venetan translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Synonyms: ape, imitate, mimic, simulate, copy, ditto, echo, emulate, parallel, match, mime, mirror, mock, reproduce

Adverb [Esperanto]

Head templates: {{eo-head}} imitate
  1. present adverbial passive participle of imiti Tags: adverbial, form-of, participle, passive, present Form of: imiti
    Sense id: en-imitate-eo-adv-1nJCI9Ek Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} imitate
  1. inflection of imitare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person Form of: imitare
    Sense id: en-imitate-it-verb-f~QU8JUE Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 78 19 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 82 13 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 8 3
  2. inflection of imitare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person Form of: imitare
    Sense id: en-imitate-it-verb-VuYWSu6w
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} imitate f pl
  1. feminine plural of imitato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: imitato
    Sense id: en-imitate-it-verb-c3O6b4lh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Latin]

Forms: imitāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|participle form|head=imitāte}} imitāte
  1. vocative masculine singular of imitātus Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, singular, vocative Form of: imitātus
    Sense id: en-imitate-la-verb-EzcuEht2 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} imitate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of imitar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: imitar
    Sense id: en-imitate-es-verb-BZJYBYoD Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "word": "self-imitate"
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          "ref": "1870, Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, page 170:",
          "text": "Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2019 August 21, Tik Root, “Inside the Race to Build the World's First Commercial Octopus Farm”, in Time:",
          "text": "The room was dark and cool, lit with a dim red light. “This was designed to imitate a cave,” said Rosas.",
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        "To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of."
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          "follow",
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          "model",
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          "pattern",
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        [
          "copy",
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        [
          "counterpart",
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          "word": "imitation"
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        {
          "word": "imitative"
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        {
          "word": "imitable"
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        {
          "word": "imitator"
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          "word": "decoy"
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          "word": "fake"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
          "word": "ape"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
          "word": "imitate"
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        {
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          "word": "mimic"
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          "word": "simulate"
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          "word": "copy"
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          "word": "ditto"
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          "word": "echo"
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        {
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          "word": "emulate"
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          "word": "match"
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          "word": "mime"
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          "word": "mirror"
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          "word": "mock"
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          "word": "reproduce"
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          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "namaak"
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          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "naboots"
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          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "na-aap"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "qallada",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "قَلَّدَ"
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          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔallid",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "قلد"
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          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "gallad",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "قَلَّد"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "əndōrinakel",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "ընդօրինակել"
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        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitar"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pjerajmácʹ",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "перайма́ць"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "imitavácʹ",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "імітава́ць"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podražávam",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "подража́вам"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "imitíram",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
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          "word": "имити́рам"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitar"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mónǐ",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "模擬 /模拟"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "napodobit"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "nabootsen"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imiteren"
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        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "matkima"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "matkia"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imiter"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "arremedar"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitieren"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "utánoz"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitál"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitare"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ならう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "narau",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "倣う"
        },
        {
          "alt": "まねる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "maneru",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "真似る"
        },
        {
          "alt": "もほうする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mohō suru",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "模倣する"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "trap",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "ត្រាប់"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "thvəə trap taam",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "ធ្វើត្រាប់តាម"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hyungnaenaeda",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "흉내내다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bontteuda",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "본뜨다"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitor"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
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          "sense": "to follow as a model",
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          "code": "ang",
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          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "onhyrian"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
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          "sense": "to follow as a model",
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          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "sl",
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "posnemati"
        },
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitar"
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          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "iga"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "to follow as a model",
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        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitera"
        },
        {
          "alt": "2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "härma"
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "anukariñcu",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "అనుకరించు"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "liian",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "เลียน"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "liian-bɛ̀ɛp",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "เลียนแบบ"
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        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "taklit etmek"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "öykünmek"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "örnek almak"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "udaváty",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "удава́ти"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "naslíduvaty",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "наслі́дувати"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "imituváty",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "імітува́ти"
        },
        {
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "recavar"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "nhái"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "bắt chước"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "theo đòi"
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      "word": "create"
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    {
      "word": "imitative"
    },
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      "word": "imitator"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "decoy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "fake"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "lie"
    }
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Asturian translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maore Comorian translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Old English translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swahili translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Telugu translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Venetan translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations"
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        {
          "ref": "1870, Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, page 170:",
          "text": "Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 August 21, Tik Root, “Inside the Race to Build the World's First Commercial Octopus Farm”, in Time:",
          "text": "The room was dark and cool, lit with a dim red light. “This was designed to imitate a cave,” said Rosas.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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          "follow"
        ],
        [
          "model",
          "model"
        ],
        [
          "pattern",
          "pattern"
        ],
        [
          "copy",
          "copy"
        ],
        [
          "counterpart",
          "counterpart"
        ],
        [
          "semblance",
          "semblance"
        ]
      ]
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        "US"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "ape"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "imitate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "mimic"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "simulate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "copy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "ditto"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "echo"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "emulate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "parallel"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "match"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "mime"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "mirror"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "mock"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "reproduce"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "namaak"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "naboots"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "na-aap"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qallada",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "قَلَّدَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔallid",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "قلد"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "gallad",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "قَلَّد"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "əndōrinakel",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "ընդօրինակել"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjerajmácʹ",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перайма́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "imitavácʹ",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "імітава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podražávam",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подража́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "imitíram",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "имити́рам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mónǐ",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "模擬 /模拟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "napodobit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "nabootsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imiteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "matkima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "matkia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "arremedar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "utánoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitál"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ならう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "narau",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "倣う"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まねる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "maneru",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "真似る"
    },
    {
      "alt": "もほうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mohō suru",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "模倣する"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "trap",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "ត្រាប់"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "thvəə trap taam",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "ធ្វើត្រាប់តាម"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hyungnaenaeda",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "흉내내다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bontteuda",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "본뜨다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "tiru"
    },
    {
      "code": "swb",
      "lang": "Maore Comorian",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "utiba"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "whakatau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "onhyrian"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "naśladować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "udawać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "imitować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podražátʹ",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подража́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "imitírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "имити́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "oponašati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "posnemati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "iga"
    },
    {
      "alt": "1",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitera"
    },
    {
      "alt": "2",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "härma"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "anukariñcu",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "అనుకరించు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "liian",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "เลียน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "liian-bɛ̀ɛp",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "เลียนแบบ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "taklit etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "öykünmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "örnek almak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "udaváty",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "удава́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "naslíduvaty",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "наслі́дувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "imituváty",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "імітува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "recavar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "nhái"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "bắt chước"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "theo đòi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "imitate"
}

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    }
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  "lang": "Esperanto",
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  "pos": "adv",
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        "Pages with 5 entries",
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      ],
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          "imiti",
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        "present"
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  "word": "imitate"
}

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    "Italian past participle forms",
    "Italian verb forms",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "expansion": "imitate",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "imitare"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of imitare:",
        "second-person plural present indicative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "imitare",
          "imitare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
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        {
          "word": "imitare"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of imitare:",
        "second-person plural imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "imitare",
          "imitare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "imitate"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian non-lemma forms",
    "Italian past participle forms",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "imitato"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feminine plural of imitato"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "imitato",
          "imitato#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "imitate"
}

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  "forms": [
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      "form": "imitāte",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "participle form",
        "head": "imitāte"
      },
      "expansion": "imitāte",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin participle forms",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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          "word": "imitātus"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "vocative masculine singular of imitātus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "imitātus",
          "imitatus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "imitate"
}

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      "args": {
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        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "imitate",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
        "Pages with 5 entries",
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        "Spanish non-lemma forms",
        "Spanish verb forms"
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular voseo imperative of imitar combined with te"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "imitar",
          "imitar#Spanish"
        ],
        [
          "te",
          "te#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "imperative",
        "object-second-person",
        "object-singular",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "with-voseo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "imitate"
}

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  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Swedish: imitera (sv) (1), imitera (sv), härma (sv) (2)",
  "path": [
    "imitate"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "imitate",
  "trace": ""
}

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