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Meaning of "mimic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MIMIC

From Latin mīmicus, from Greek mimikos, from mimosmime.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MIMIC

mimic  [ˈmɪmɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MIMIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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?

mimic

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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MIMIC


acronymic
ˌækrəˈnɪmɪk
bulimic
buːˈlɪmɪk
cherubimic
ˌtʃerəˈbɪmɪk
cyclothymic
ˌsaɪkləʊˈθaɪmɪk
dysthymic
dɪsˈθaɪmɪk
enzymic
ɛnˈzaɪmɪk
eponymic
ˌɛpəˈnɪmɪk
fehmic
ˈfeɪmɪk
gimmick
ˈɡɪmɪk
metonymic
ˌmetəˈnɪmɪk
metronymic
ˌmɛtrəˈnɪmɪk
mimicker
ˈmɪmɪk
pantomimic
ˌpæntəˈmɪmɪk
paronymic
ˌpærəˈnɪmɪk
patronymic
ˌpætrəˈnɪmɪk
schizothymic
ˌskɪtsəʊˈθaɪmɪk
synonymic
ˌsɪnəˈnɪmɪk
thymic
ˈθaɪmɪk
toponymic
ˌtɒpəˈnɪmɪk
zymic
ˈzaɪmɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MIMIC

mime
mime artist
mimeo
Mimeograph
mimer
mimesis
mimester
mimetic
mimetical
mimetically
mimetite
mimic panel
mimical
mimicked
mimicker
mimicking
mimicries
mimicry
MIMinE
miminy-piminy

WORDS THAT END LIKE MIMIC

academic
analcimic
atomic
autonomic
ceramic
comic
cosmic
dynamic
economic
epidemic
ergonomic
genomic
Islamic
isocheimic
mic
orgasmic
panoramic
seismic
systemic
taxonomic

Synonyms and antonyms of mimic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MIMIC»

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

Translation of «mimic» into 25 languages

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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
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

imitar
570 millions of speakers

English

mimic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नकल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يُحَاكِي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

передразнивать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imitar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুকরণমূলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

imiter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meniru
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nachahmen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

物まねをする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

흉내내다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mimic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bắt chước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒற்றி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नक्कल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mimik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

imitare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

imitator
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пародіювати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a mima
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μιμούμαι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

naboots
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

imitera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

imitere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mimic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MIMIC»

The term «mimic» is very widely used and occupies the 22.050 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MIMIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mimic

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10 QUOTES WITH «MIMIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mimic.
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Colin Angle
People are fascinated by robots because they're machines that can mimic life.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
The Mimic Men
WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR ‘A Tolstoyan spirit .
V. S. Naipaul, 2012
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mimic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bionic hand uses smart wires to mimic muscle fibres
Using bundles of shape-memory 'smart wire', engineers from Saarland University build a bionic hand that could eventually lead to new flexible ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
2
Clinical signs of citrin deficiency mimic anorexia nervosa
The clinical features of citrin deficiency may mimic those of anorexia nervosa, according to a case report published online July 20 in Pediatrics. «Medical Xpress, Jul 15»
3
Mimic retirement perks to retain older workers, says expert
However the trick may be for organisations to start to mimic the qualities that people value in retirement in order to encourage them to stay at ... «Australian Ageing Agenda, Jul 15»
4
AI Research Mines 'Minecraft' to Mimic Human Learning
Archimedes said that with a long enough lever he could move the world. Computer scientists have tried a similar approach in artificial ... «GeekDad, Jul 15»
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Texas A&M Hopes to Mimic, Exceed Auburn's Rise in SEC West
Texas A&M Hopes to Mimic, Exceed Auburn's Rise in SEC West. Brynn Anderson/Associated Press If Auburn and Texas A&M look a lot alike ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
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UCF professor on quest to mimic how nature makes color
At his UCF lab he's trying to develop thin, flexible surfaces that mimic how nature uses light to create colors — from the vivid colors spread on ... «Orlando Sentinel, Jul 15»
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This MUA perfectly mimics the makeup of four Kardashians in under …
... BuzzFeed has received an amazing response, as she takes on four of the Kardashian women to mimic each of their signature beauty looks in ... «Cosmopolitan UK, Jul 15»
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Might New York Giants' Odell Beckham Jr. Mimic Marshawn Lynch …
It's not likely that New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. pulls chicken wings from his sock, enjoys a bag of Skittles on the bench or ... «Sports Media 101, Jul 15»
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Sculptures mimic nature's fractals in interesting and thought …
Not sure why, but we love fractals — whether they're in trippy videos or the grocery store, they just draw you in. Two visual artists based in São ... «PRI, Jul 15»
10
So Many Pet Owners Are Putting Toupees on Their Cats to Mimic
Throughout the course of his decades-long reign, people have been asking one very important question about Donald Trump: What in the ... «Womans Day, Jul 15»

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