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Meaning of "personate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PERSONATE

personate  [ˈpɜːsəˌneɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERSONATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Personate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb personate in English.

WHAT DOES PERSONATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of personate in the English dictionary

The definition of personate in the dictionary is to act the part of ; portray. Other definition of personate is to assume the identity of with intent to deceive.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PERSONATE

PRESENT

Present
I personate
you personate
he/she/it personates
we personate
you personate
they personate
Present continuous
I am personating
you are personating
he/she/it is personating
we are personating
you are personating
they are personating
Present perfect
I have personated
you have personated
he/she/it has personated
we have personated
you have personated
they have personated
Present perfect continuous
I have been personating
you have been personating
he/she/it has been personating
we have been personating
you have been personating
they have been personating
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 personated
you personated
he/she/it personated
we personated
you personated
they personated
Past continuous
I was personating
you were personating
he/she/it was personating
we were personating
you were personating
they were personating
Past perfect
I had personated
you had personated
he/she/it had personated
we had personated
you had personated
they had personated
Past perfect continuous
I had been personating
you had been personating
he/she/it had been personating
we had been personating
you had been personating
they had been personating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will personate
you will personate
he/she/it will personate
we will personate
you will personate
they will personate
Future continuous
I will be personating
you will be personating
he/she/it will be personating
we will be personating
you will be personating
they will be personating
Future perfect
I will have personated
you will have personated
he/she/it will have personated
we will have personated
you will have personated
they will have personated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been personating
you will have been personating
he/she/it will have been personating
we will have been personating
you will have been personating
they will have been personating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would personate
you would personate
he/she/it would personate
we would personate
you would personate
they would personate
Conditional continuous
I would be personating
you would be personating
he/she/it would be personating
we would be personating
you would be personating
they would be personating
Conditional perfect
I would have personate
you would have personate
he/she/it would have personate
we would have personate
you would have personate
they would have personate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been personating
you would have been personating
he/she/it would have been personating
we would have been personating
you would have been personating
they would have been personating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you personate
we let´s personate
you personate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to personate
Past participle
personated
Present Participle
personating
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 PERSONATE


alienate
ˈeɪljəˌneɪt
alternate
ˈɔːltəˌneɪt
arsenate
ˈɑːsəˌneɪt
assonate
ˈæsəˌneɪt
carbonate
ˈkɑːbəˌneɪt
cyanate
ˈsaɪəˌneɪt
detonate
ˈdɛtəˌneɪt
emanate
ˈɛməˌneɪt
gluconate
ˈɡluːkəˌneɪt
hibernate
ˈhaɪbəˌneɪt
hyphenate
ˈhaɪfəˌneɪt
impersonate
ɪmˈpɜːsəˌneɪt
malonate
ˈmæləˌneɪt
polycarbonate
ˌpɒlɪˈkɑːbəˌneɪt
propionate
ˈprəʊpɪəˌneɪt
resonate
ˈrɛzəˌneɪt
serenate
ˈserəˌneɪt
sulfonate
ˈsʌlfəˌneɪt
sulphonate
ˈsʌlfəˌneɪt
sultanate
ˈsʌltəˌneɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERSONATE

personalist
personalistic
personalities
personality
personality clash
personality cult
personality disorder
personality inventory
personality test
personality type
personalization
personalize
personalized
personalized number plate
personally
personalties
personalty
personation
personative
personator

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERSONATE

affectionate
ammonium carbonate
bicarbonate
bisphosphonate
calcium carbonate
compassionate
diaconate
dispassionate
disproportionate
donate
eliminate
extortionate
fractionate
hydrogen carbonate
lithium carbonate
neonate
passionate
potassium carbonate
proportionate
sodium bicarbonate
sodium carbonate

Synonyms and antonyms of personate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PERSONATE»

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

Translation of «personate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERSONATE

Find out the translation of personate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of personate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «personate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

饰演
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

personate
570 millions of speakers

English

personate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अवतार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

personate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

в облике
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

personate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আকৃতি ধারণ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

personnifier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Personate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

personate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

personate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

맡아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Personate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giả danh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆள் மாறாட்டம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यभिचारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kişileştirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

impersonare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

personate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в зовнішності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

personifica
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποδύομαι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitbeelden
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

personate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

personate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of personate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSONATE»

The term «personate» is normally little used and occupies the 117.515 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSONATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «personate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «personate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERSONATE»

Discover the use of personate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to personate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cyclopedia of law and procedure
t ration, 4 to falsely personate another and in snch assumed character sign the assumed name to any instrument which, ... with or without the connivance of the latter;9 to falsely personate a proprietor of public stocks ; 10 to falsely personate a  ...
William Mack, Howard Pervear Nash, 1905
2
Corpus juris: being a complete and systematic statement of ...
at an election,8 or a proprietor of public stocks,9 or a lodge member.10 Other statutes make it an offense to personate another, and in such assumed character receive property intended for the party personated with intent to convert it to his ...
William Mack, William Benjamin Hale, Donald J. Kiser, 1921
3
Pantologia: A New Cyclopaedia, Comprehending a Complete ...
PERSONATE COROL. (persona, a mask.) In botany, a masked corol. Ringens, sed inter labia palato clausa. Ringent, but closed between the lips by the palate. — But surely ringent or gaping with the lips closed, is a contradiction in terms.
John Mason Good, Olinthus Gregory, Newton Bosworth, 1813
4
Letters on the Elements of Botany: Addressed to a Lady
hooded willow herb : whereas most of the plants with personate flowers are not odorous, as snap-dragon, toad-flax, eye-bright, loufewort, yellow rattle, broom- rape, ivy- Jeavcd toad-flax, round-leaved toad-flax, fox-glove1, &c. I know of none  ...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1802
5
Made with Words: Hobbes on Language, Mind, and Politics
Using. Words. to. Personate. I HAVE DOCUMENTED one way in which speech expands the horizons of human beings, giving them a capacity for thinking and reasoning. But there is quite a distinct capacity that it also underpins, according to  ...
Philip Pettit, 2009
6
Rural Recreations; Or, Modern Farmer's Calendar: And Monthly ...
Corol personate. Calyx coloured (not in our species). Euphrasia. Capsule two- celled. Corol personate. Anthers lower, with thorns on one lobe. Rhinanthus. Capsule two-celled. Corol personate. Capsule compressed. Melampyrum. Capsule ...
A. C. H., 1802
7
Elements of Botany: Or, An Introduction to the Sexual System ...
Or, An Introduction to the Sexual System of Linnaeus; to which is Annexed an English Botanical Dictionary. Illustrated by Copper-plates Robert Hall. - Bartsia. Capsule two-celled. Carol personate. Calyx ' .. . coloured (n,ot in our species) .
Robert Hall, 1802
8
A Digest of the Laws of England
that if any person shall wilfully and knowingly personate, or falsely assume the name or character of, or procure any other person to personate, or falsely to assume the name or character of any person entitled, or supposed to be entitled, to any ...
Sir John Comyns, Anthony Hammond, 1822
9
The Figure of Theater: Shaftesbury, Defoe, Adam Smith, and ...
In this manner, writes Shaftesbury, we are instructed "to personate ourselves" (1: 114). What does it mean, however, that the method that Shaftesbury posits as necessary for self- knowledge instructs one to personate oneself? Shaftesbury's ...
David Marshall, 1986
10
The Elements of Representation in Hobbes: Aesthetics, ...
Visard: And from the Stage, hath been translated to any Representer of speech and action, as well in Tribunalls, as Theaters. So that a Person, is the same that an Actor is, both on the Stage and in common Conversation; and to Personate, ...
Mónica Brito Vieira, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERSONATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term personate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Monterey Police Log: Battery
1842 530 PC PERSONATE GET MONEY/ - DAVID AV, MONTEREY. V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE = 57. V02 SEX=M VICTIM AGE = 56. -----. «The Salinas Californian, Jul 15»
2
Assault lands man 30 day jail sentence
John Coaker, 29, May 20, 2015, personate with intent, 25 day jail sentence, 12 month probation, three days of pre-sentence custody; fail to ... «Kawartha Media Group, Jun 15»
3
2 men arrested for defrauding dozens in Ponzi scheme
Shafi Shauaib, 27 years-old of Vaughn, has been charged with Fraud Over $5,000.00, Personate Peace Officer, Forcible Confinement, Use ... «CanIndia News, May 15»
4
Peel Arrest 2 In $4 Million Ponzi Scheme
27 year old Shafi Shauaib has been charged with Fraud Over $5,000.00, Personate Peace Officer, Forcible Confinement, Use Imitation Firearm ... «640 Toronto News, May 15»
5
Santa Cruz Police Log: Threatened to kill victim
4/25/2015. 530 - PC; Personate To Get Money/Property [Over $400]. 03/10/2015 12:03. 1000 Block of Nobel Dr. 03/10/2015 12:03. «The Salinas Californian, May 15»
6
Guelph man dressed up and impersonated a military officer, police say
A 26-year-old man from Guelph has been charged with two counts of personate a peace officer, two counts of unlawful use of military uniform, ... «Guelph Mercury, Apr 15»
7
Tulsa Man Arrested For Drug Violations
30-year old Jeremy Deleon Jackson is charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, falsely personate to create ... «Bartlesville Radio, Mar 15»
8
Somaliland: Making a Bid for Tourists
... somaliland syndrome so u guys just ignore them they also suffer personalty disorder and they personate other ppl including female names. «Somaliland Sun, Mar 15»
9
Feds arrest 3 on immigration-related charges
18, 2011, Patubo, when applying for a CW-2 visa, did knowingly personate another, such “Joseph Mindiola Roque,” according to the two-page ... «Marianas Variety, Mar 15»
10
The CEO as Brand Ambassador
“No doubt, celebrity endorsement is globally accepted but the truth is that a CEO will be personate about his or her brand. Under this, one can ... «THISDAY Live, Mar 15»

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