MIMIC


Meaning of MIMIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mɪmɪk ]

( mimics, mimicking, mimicked)

1.

If you mimic the actions or voice of a person or animal, you imitate them, usually in a way that is meant to be amusing or entertaining.

He could mimic anybody...

= imitate

VERB : V n

2.

If someone or something mimics another person or thing, they try to be like them.

The computer doesn’t mimic human thought; it reaches the same ends by different means.

= imitate

VERB : V n

3.

A mimic is a person who is able to mimic people or animals.

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