See Also: Imitation(medicine)
Imitation(money)
imitation(dictionary)
imitation(dictionary)

imitation (oh)



[U and C] when you copy someone else's actions
by imitation
::Many people think that children learn language by imitation.
::The remake of 'Casablanca' was a pale imitation (=something that is much less good than the thing it imitates) of the original movie.
[C] when you copy the way someone speaks or behaves, especially in order to be funny
-synonym impression impression
::She acted, she danced, she did imitations .
imitation of
::his imitation of an American accent
[C] a copy of something
imitation of
::She wore an imitation of a sailor's hat.
imitation fur/pearls/silk/leather etc
(=something that looks like an expensive material but is a copy of it)
::an imitation fur coat