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Meaning of 'imitation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Imitation [ n.]
- The act of imitating.
- 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.
- 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.
- The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.

Meaning of 'imitation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . imitation [ s]
Meaning (1):
- not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
Example in sentence:
  • a purse of simulated alligator hide;
  • decorated with imitation palm leaves;
  • false teeth;
  • faux pearls;
  • it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur

Nearby Words:

imide imido imitability imitable imitableness imitancy imitate imitated imitater imitating

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