impersonation
The act of impersonatingThe act of impersonating
» Tom does impersonations of famous people.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of impersonating
- imitating the mannerisms of another person
- pretending to be another person
- a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
Examples
6 sentencesTom does impersonations of famous people.
I'm not very good at impersonations.
Tom is a master of impersonation.
I was doing an impersonation of my boss when he showed up.
deIch machte gerade den Chef nach, als er hereinkam. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Now that people can steal passwords, illegal impersonation is becoming a serious problem.
Origin
From im- + person + -ation or impersonate + -ion.From im- + person + -ation or impersonate + -ion.
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Forms
plural: impersonations| Singular | impersonation |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- imitating the mannerisms of another person:personation
- pretending to be another person:imposture
- a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect:caricatureimitation
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.