mimic
verb /ˈmɪmɪk/
/ˈmɪmɪk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mimic | /ˈmɪmɪk/ /ˈmɪmɪk/ |
| he / she / it mimics | /ˈmɪmɪks/ /ˈmɪmɪks/ |
| past simple mimicked | /ˈmɪmɪkt/ /ˈmɪmɪkt/ |
| past participle mimicked | /ˈmɪmɪkt/ /ˈmɪmɪkt/ |
| -ing form mimicking | /ˈmɪmɪkɪŋ/ /ˈmɪmɪkɪŋ/ |
- to copy the way somebody speaks, moves, behaves, etc., especially in order to make other people laugh
- mimic somebody/something She's always mimicking the teachers.
- He mimicked her southern accent.
- + speech ‘It's not fair!’ she mimicked.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- closely
- exactly
- …
- try to
- mimic something (specialist or formal) to look or behave like something else synonym imitate
- The robot was programmed to mimic a series of human movements.
- Scientists have created a vaccine that mimics the virus.
- The computer model is able to mimic very closely the actions of a golfer.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- closely
- exactly
- …
- try to
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as noun and adjective): via Latin from Greek mimikos, from mimos ‘mime’.