Dictionary entry

Imitation

Pronunciation: /ɪmɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

Pronunciation

/ɪmɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) တုပ

Definition

imitation / ÇmÇ'teÇʃn / n ၁။ [C] အတုအေယာင္ပစၥည္း။ အတု။ That's not an original Rembrandt—it's an imitation. ❍ a cheap / pale / poor imitation ❍ imitation leather / fur. ၂။ [U] တုပျခင္း။ learn sth by imitation ❍ The house was built in imitation of a Roman villa. ၃။ [C] တူေအာင္ တုပေျပာဆို ျပဳမူျခင္း။ အတုလုပ္ျပျခင္း။ an entertainer who does hilarious imitations of TV personalities.

Examples

  1. Kim can do a great imitation of Woody Allen.
  2. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
  3. [imitation of] : The film was dismissed as a crude imitation of Hitchcock’s earlier work.
  4. [pale/poor imitation] : He said the proposal was a pale imitation of the government’s policy.
  5. Imitation fur/leather/marble