Meaning of "mimic" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MIMIC

From Latin mīmicus, from Greek mimikos, from mimosmime.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MIMIC

mimic  [ˈmɪmɪk]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MIMIC

Mimic is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb mimic in English.

WHAT DOES MIMIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mimicry

In evolutionary biology, mimicry is a similarity of one species to another which protects one or both. This similarity can be in appearance, behaviour, sound, scent or location. Mimics are found in the same areas as their models. Mimicry occurs when a group of organisms, the mimics, evolve to share common perceived characteristics with another group, the models. The evolution is driven by the selective action of a signal-receiver or dupe. Birds, for example, use sight to identify palatable insects, whilst avoiding the noxious models. The model is usually another species except in cases of automimicry. The signal-receiver is typically another intermediate organism like the common predator of two species, but may actually be the model itself, such as a moth resembling its spider predator. As an interaction, mimicry is in most cases advantageous to the mimic and harmful to the receiver, but may increase, reduce or have no effect on the fitness of the model depending on the situation.

Definition of mimic in the English dictionary

The first definition of mimic in the dictionary is to imitate, esp for satirical effect; ape. Other definition of mimic is to take on the appearance of; resemble closely. Mimic is also to copy closely or in a servile manner.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MIMIC

PRESENT

Present

I mimic

you mimic

he/she/it mimics

we mimic

you mimic

they mimic

Present continuous

I am mimicking

you are mimicking

he/she/it is mimicking

we are mimicking

you are mimicking

they are mimicking

Present perfect

I have mimicked

you have mimicked

he/she/it has mimicked

we have mimicked

you have mimicked

they have mimicked

Present perfect continuous

I have been mimicking

you have been mimicking

he/she/it has been mimicking

we have been mimicking

you have been mimicking

they have been mimicking

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I mimicked

you mimicked

he/she/it mimicked

we mimicked

you mimicked

they mimicked

Past continuous

I was mimicking

you were mimicking

he/she/it was mimicking

we were mimicking

you were mimicking

they were mimicking

Past perfect

I had mimicked

you had mimicked

he/she/it had mimicked

we had mimicked

you had mimicked

they had mimicked

Past perfect continuous

I had been mimicking

you had been mimicking

he/she/it had been mimicking

we had been mimicking

you had been mimicking

they had been mimicking

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will mimic

you will mimic

he/she/it will mimic

we will mimic

you will mimic

they will mimic

Future continuous

I will be mimicking

you will be mimicking

he/she/it will be mimicking

we will be mimicking

you will be mimicking

they will be mimicking

Future perfect

I will have mimicked

you will have mimicked

he/she/it will have mimicked

we will have mimicked

you will have mimicked

they will have mimicked

Future perfect continuous

I will have been mimicking

you will have been mimicking

he/she/it will have been mimicking

we will have been mimicking

you will have been mimicking

they will have been mimicking

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would mimic

you would mimic

he/she/it would mimic

we would mimic

you would mimic

they would mimic

Conditional continuous

I would be mimicking

you would be mimicking

he/she/it would be mimicking

we would be mimicking

you would be mimicking

they would be mimicking

Conditional perfect

I would have mimic

you would have mimic

he/she/it would have mimic

we would have mimic

you would have mimic

they would have mimic

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been mimicking

you would have been mimicking

he/she/it would have been mimicking

we would have been mimicking

you would have been mimicking

they would have been mimicking

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you mimic
we let´s mimic
you mimic

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to mimic

Past participle

mimicked

Present Participle

mimicking

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MIMIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mimic» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of mimic

ape · caricature · caricaturist · copycat · do · echo · echoic · imitate · imitation · imitative · imitator · impersonate · impersonator · impressionist · make-believe · mimetic · mirror · mock · parodist · parody · parrot · resemble · sham · simulate · simulated · take off

TRANSLATION OF MIMIC

Find out the translation of mimic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of mimic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mimic» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 模仿
• Translator English - Spanish: imitar
• English: mimic
• Translator English - Hindi: नकल
• Translator English - Arabic: يُحَاكِي
• Translator English - Russian: передразнивать
• Translator English - Portuguese: imitar
• Translator English - Bengali: অনুকরণমূলক
• Translator English - French: imiter
• Translator English - Malay: Meniru
• Translator English - German: nachahmen
• Translator English - Japanese: 物まねをする
• Translator English - Korean: 흉내내다
• Translator English - Javanese: Mimic
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bắt chước
• Translator English - Tamil: ஒற்றி
• Translator English - Marathi: नक्कल
• Translator English - Turkish: mimik
• Translator English - Italian: imitare
• Translator English - Polish: imitator
• Translator English - Ukrainian: пародіювати
• Translator English - Romanian: a mima
• Translator English - Greek: μιμούμαι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: naboots
• Translator English - Swedish: imitera
• Translator English - Norwegian: imitere

10 QUOTES WITH «MIMIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mimic.

1

Colin Angle

People are fascinated by robots because they're machines that can mimic life.

2

Hank Azaria

I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.

3

Matthew Barney

A lot of these angles are really about trying to mimic broadcast sports angles in order to anchor the scene, to sort of normalize it before it becomes abstracted.

4

Madhur Bhandarkar

I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.

5

Michael Buble

I get to study and I got to mimic and what I basically did was I stole from every person that I could steal from. I was an imitator. That's what I was. It was years before I could take all of these things that I loved about all of these different artists and put them together and find my voice.

6

Art Carney

There I was, an 18-year-old mimic rooming with a blind whistler.

7

Deana Carter

Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways.

8

Paddy Considine

I got through with my ability to mimic others and make people laugh. I swaggered through life, but, in reality, I lived in fear pretty much every day. I acted like a completely normal person, and I suppose I was good at it. But, inside, it was a very different story.

9

Noureen DeWulf

Yoga is the most boring exercise. It's for people who are too lazy to get on the elliptical. Bikram, where they heat up the room to mimic India's climate, is especially stupid. People in India are not skinny because they're doing yoga in 105-degree rooms; they're skinny because there's no food.

10

Wladimir Klitschko

I run, but boxing conditioning is different, so you have to get used to running in the ring. Boxing movements are very different. Swimming is one of the best because every single muscle is working. I swim a lot. I train very hard at things that mimic boxing. I have to do mostly sport-specific training, such as lots of sparring.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIMIC»

Discover the use of mimic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mimic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Mimic Fires: Accounts of Early Long Poems on Canada

In this survey and analysis of long poems written about Canada between 1690 and 1900, D.M.R. Bentley establishes literary contexts for a greatly neglected period of Canadian literature.

D. Bentley, 1994

The Mimic Sea

From a more subject matter-focused perspective, one of my goals is in creating this manuscript was to incorporate an array of subjects partially inspired by the human world of social relationships and the problems of articulation, ...

Erica H. Bernheim, 2008

Children's Book of Yoga: Games and Exercises Mimic Plants ...

Presents six complete yoga workouts designed for children from three to twelve years of age.

Thia Luby, 1998

Mockingbird: Noisy Mimic

Describes how mockingbirds communicate with each other and how the sounds they make help them survive, and discusses their habitat, diet, and behavior.

Natalie Lunis, 2011

The Mimic Men

WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR ‘A Tolstoyan spirit .

V. S. Naipaul, 2012

V.S. Naipaul: Critical Essays

14 A Journey of Rejection: V.S. Naipaul's The Mimic Men VEENA SINGH ♢ The Mimic Men is a parable of man's ship-wrecked existence. The Image of shipwreck dominates the novel conveying a sense of abandonment and dereliction.

Mohit Kumar Ray, 2005

Mimic and Mime: Intruder, Time Will Tell, Roll Call

Beginning in New York City, Sergeant Ichabald 'Ike' Clarrey is hot on the trail of a very vicious, violent killer.

Daniel Sipes, 2004

Contemporary IMRT: Developing Physics and Clinical ...

Purists may argue about the precise terminology but serial tomotherapy (MIMiC- based) and spiral tomotherapy (University of Wisconsin machine-based) are related and usually reviewed together. The history of what interaction there might be ...

S. Webb, 2004

Ornithomimus: Pursuing the Bird-Mimic Dinosaur

Examines the discovery of the 75 million-year-old fossil of Ornithomimus's complete articulated skeleton, found in the badlands of Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park.

Monique Keiran, 2001

Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy

The first method is IMRT via the use of the NOMOS MIMiC equipment and the second is the development of the University of Wisconsin machine for ' tomotherapy'. Given that the word 'tomotherapy' means 'slice therapy' it could also be used ...

S. Webb, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIMIC»

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Bionic hand uses smart wires to mimic muscle fibres

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Mimic retirement perks to retain older workers, says expert

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AI Research Mines 'Minecraft' to Mimic Human Learning

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Texas A&M Hopes to Mimic, Exceed Auburn's Rise in SEC West

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