Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: imitation
IPA transcription: [,ɪmət'eɪʃən]
Pronunciations of imitation
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated
    Meaning: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: imitation
    Meaning: the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
  • Synonyms: imitation
    Meaning: something copied or derived from an original
  • Synonyms: imitation
    Meaning: copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
Usage examples
  • But isn't it a splendid imitation?"
  • "They might as well be knocked out at the real thing as in the imitation."
  • My second ball was a colourable imitation of my first, only this time it was wide to leg.
  • “Why didn’t you tell me this feudal imitation was haunted?” asked Larry, in a grieved tone.
  • Let us not be too extravagant with our praise, however; the imitation of the bag was a very clumsy one.
  • Then he makes an arched bundle of grass stalks in imitation of a rainbow, and sets it up over the snake.
  • Bruno took a very small book out of the bookcase, opened it, and shook it in imitation of the Professor.
  • Dicky rose stiffly, walked slowly around to my side of the table, and gravely tapped my head in imitation of a phrenologist.
  • "When they do not," said Flippityflop, gravely, "they are imitation Clowns, and were never trained in this Valley of Merryland.
  • Our games were feats with the bow and arrow, foot and pony races, wrestling, swimming and imitation of the customs and habits of our fathers.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Royal Maundy, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Thou, License CC BY-SA 4.0