imitation

imitation has 9 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. The act of imitating.
• n.. 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.
• n.. 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.
• n.. The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.
• n.. copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
• n.. something copied or derived from an original
• n.. the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
• n.. a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
• a.. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"