mimic
Americanverb (used with object)
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to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
- Synonyms:
- counterfeit, simulate, impersonate, mock, follow
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to imitate in a servile or unthinking way; ape.
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to be an imitation of; simulate; resemble closely.
noun
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a person who mimics, especially a performer skilled in mimicking others.
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a copy or imitation of something.
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a performer in a mime.
adjective
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imitating or copying something, often on a smaller scale.
a mimic battle.
- Synonyms:
- mock
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apt at or given to imitating; imitative; simulative.
verb
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to imitate (a person, a manner, etc), esp for satirical effect; ape
known mainly for his ability to mimic other singers
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to take on the appearance of; resemble closely
certain flies mimic wasps
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to copy closely or in a servile manner
noun
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a person or an animal, such as a parrot, that is clever at mimicking
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an animal that displays mimicry
adjective
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of, relating to, or using mimicry; imitative
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simulated, make-believe, or mock
Other Word Forms
- mimicker noun
- unmimicked adjective
Etymology
Origin of mimic
First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin mīmicus, from Greek mīmikós; equivalent to mime + -ic
Example Sentences
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GLP-1s are medications that mimic the glucagon-like peptide 1 hormone, a hormone we naturally make in our bodies which helps regulate hunger levels.
From BBC
Distillation involves training a weaker model to mimic the probability distributions of a more powerful model, often through analyzing millions of API responses to reverse engineer the “logic” behind the model’s intelligence.
From MarketWatch
Some have made big money mimicking the trades of potential insiders with specialized software that can instantly copy the moves of any trader on Polymarket, which posts all of its transactions to the blockchain.
From Barron's
After subjecting these molecules to conditions that mimic burial and geological transformation over millions of years, they compared the results with the ancient samples.
From Science Daily
Demand from other agencies to use Grok has been anemic, people familiar with the matter said, except in a few cases where people wanted to use it to mimic a bad actor for defensive testing.
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