IMITATE


Meaning of IMITATE in English

[verb] [T] - to behave in a similar way to (someone or something), or to copy exactly (someone or something's speech, behaviour, etc.)Some of the younger pop bands try to imitate their musical heroes from the past.John makes me laugh when he imitates a monkey/the way his grandmother speaks.They produce artificial chemicals which exactly imitate particular natural ones.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.