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UK
/mˈɪmɪk/
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[ US /ˈmɪmɪk/ ]
[ US /ˈmɪmɪk/ ]
VERB
-
imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect
The actor mimicked the President very accurately
ADJECTIVE
-
constituting an imitation
the mimic warfare of the opera stage
NOUN
- someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)
How To Use mimic In A Sentence
- The contours show combinations of mimic phenotypes that are attacked by predators with equal probability.
- Nagesh compèred the show and kept the audience entertained with his mimicry.
- The company develops software that mimics the human brain in the way that it works.
- The technique they use to construct the documentary seems to me to be a loving reference to your work, rather than mimicry or a take-off.
- One of my favorite talks was the presentation on biomimicry, or innovation inspired by nature.
- In summary, Dr. Green, after studying and researching this question for over 20 years, it is my firm conviction that aspartame lowers seizure threshold, mimics or exacerbates a wide variety of neuropsychiatric disorders, contributes to the incidence of certain cancers, and because of it's impact on the hypothalamic "appestat" plays a significant role in the world-wide epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Psychiatry Professor informs Hawaii House Health Committee of Dangers of Aspartame, as Medical Professional
- Miss Burney protested indignantly, her long thin nose turning pink with mortification at this irreverent piece of mimicry
- All art is but facsimile of nature and the art of imitating someone or something classically in order to entertain is mimicry.
- Some of these chemicals may mimic hormones, thereby disrupting the endocrine system.
- Why do men listen with more strict attention to an inflammatory harangue, that may not be argumentative, than to a prosaical discourse, that is, to an anecdote than to a prayer, to an extravaganza than to a lecture, or derive more pleasure from pantomimic drollery than from Hamlet, or hearing an opera they do not understand than from reading an essay they do. A Controversy Between "Erskine" and "W. M." on the Practicability of Suppressing Gambling.