The act of imitating. / (attributive) A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.

plural of imitation

Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation.

Capable of being imitated or copied. / Worthy of imitation.

To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.

Imitating; copying; not original. / Modelled after another thing.

A person who imitates or apes another.

simple past tense and past participle of imitate

present participle of imitate

An instance of imitation.