IMITATION
\ˌɪmɪtˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌɪmɪtˈeɪʃən], \ˌɪ_m_ɪ_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of IMITATION
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- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "coffee substitute"
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copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
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the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
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copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
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the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
By Princeton University
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The act of imitating.
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That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance.
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One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon.
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The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.
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The act of imitating.
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That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance.
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One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon.
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The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.
By Noah Webster.
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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