| Front | imitate |
|---|---|
| Back | 1 to copy the way someone https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/copy behaves , speaks, moves etc, especially in order to make people https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/behave laugh https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/laugh She was a splendid mimic and loved to imitate Winston Churchill. Do not use imitate to mean ‘do the same thing as someone else’. Use copy: She worries that Tom will copy his brother (NOT imitate his brother) and leave home. 2 to copy something because you think it is good vegetarian products which imitate meat The Japanese have no wish to imitate Western social customs and attitudes. |
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