noun
1 copy of a thing
ADJECTIVE
▪ accurate , good , passable
▪ exact , perfect
▪ cheap , crude , pale , poor
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Accept no cheap ~s of our product!
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Their version of jazz funk is a pale ~ of the real thing.
▪ mere
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They are mere ~s of existing products.
2 act of copying sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ slavish
▪ direct
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Children are seen as learning to write by direct ~ of adult models.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~ of
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The poems, some in ~ of Whitman, are unremarkable.
3 copy of the way sb speaks, behaves, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ accurate , fair , good , passable
▪ perfect
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He does a perfect ~ of a turkey.
▪ close , convincing
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a voice that's a close ~ of a snake hiss
▪ bad , lame , poor
VERB + IMITATION
▪ do , give , perform
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He does a very good ~ of Liza Minelli.