See imitate on Wiktionary
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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.",
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"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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"sense": "to follow as a model",
"word": "అనుకరించు"
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"word": "create"
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"word": "self-imitate"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus: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"
},
{
"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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],
[
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[
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],
[
"counterpart",
"counterpart"
],
[
"semblance",
"semblance"
]
]
}
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"word": "ape"
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"source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
"word": "imitate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
"word": "mimic"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
"word": "simulate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
"word": "copy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
"word": "ditto"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
"word": "echo"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
"word": "emulate"
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{
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"word": "parallel"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
"word": "match"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
"word": "mime"
},
{
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"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"
},
{
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"sense": "to follow as a model",
"word": "na-aap"
},
{
"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": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "قلد"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "gallad",
"sense": "to follow as a model",
"tags": [
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],
"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"
}
],
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}
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],
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}
],
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[
"imitātus",
"imitatus#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"masculine",
"participle",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"word": "imitate"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "imitate",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish non-lemma forms",
"Spanish verb forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "imitar"
}
],
"glosses": [
"second-person singular voseo imperative of imitar combined with te"
],
"links": [
[
"imitar",
"imitar#Spanish"
],
[
"te",
"te#Spanish"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"object-second-person",
"object-singular",
"second-person",
"singular",
"with-voseo"
]
}
],
"word": "imitate"
}
Download raw JSONL data for imitate meaning in All languages combined (14.8kB)
{
"called_from": "translations/324",
"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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