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verb
noun
adj
noun
- The process of simulating.
- Something that simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.
- the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)
- (soccer) The act of falling over in order to be awarded a foul, when no foul has been committed.
- (video games) A video game designed to convey a more or less realistic experience, as of a sport or warfare.
- Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true.
- the act of giving a false appearance
- (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
noun
- A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
- (informal) A person who is exactly like or very similar to another person, in terms of looks or behavior.
- (LGBTQ, slang) A Castro clone.
- A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
- (cytology) A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.
- a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction
- a person who is almost identical to another
- an unauthorized copy or imitation
verb
verb
noun
- something to be imitated
- punishment intended as a warning to others
- an occurrence of something
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
- a representative form or pattern
- An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
- A person punished as a warning to others.
- Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
- Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
- Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
- A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
verb
noun
- something to be imitated
- A well-known use of a scientific theory.
- Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
- A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
- Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
- A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
- A copy of a book or piece of writing.
noun
- something to be imitated
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
- someone worthy of imitation
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
- a representative form or pattern
- a type of product
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
- (biology, medicine) An organism or species that is used to study an aspect of physiology or pathophysiology or a particular disease; often, a nonhuman one used to approximate processes in humans.
- A style, type, or design.
- A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
- Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
- The structural design of a complex system.
- (logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
- A representation of a physical object.
- (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
- A person, usually attractive, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show.
- A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.
- A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event.
verb
- construct a model in the likeness of
- create a representation or simulation of
- display (clothes) as a mannequin
- form in clay, wax, etc
- plan or create according to a model or models
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
- (intransitive) To work as a model in art or fashion.
- (transitive) To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original.
- (intransitive) To make a model or models.
- (transitive) To make a miniature model of.
- (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay.
- (transitive) To display an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.
adj
adj
- Simulated in order to impress.
- Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
- Influenced or changed by something.
- Emotionally moved; touched.
- speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
- being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
- acted upon; influenced
noun
verb
noun
- Imitation work.
- The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
- Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
- Images in general, or en masse.
- The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
- (figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
- the ability to form mental images of things or events
noun
adj
noun
noun
- An imitation.
- A comic who does impressions.
- An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.
- (fantasy, roleplaying games) A fictional monster able to disguise itself as an inanimate object, commonly a treasure chest, often with the intent of luring adventurers into a trap.
- A mime.
- someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)
adj
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A pantomime actor.
- A unit of imitation in the theory of symbiosism.
- Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.
- A form of acting without words; pantomime.
- A performer of such a farce.
- A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
- A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
- a performance using gestures and body movements without words
- an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
verb
- (transitive) To imitate.
- (radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
- (transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.
- (transitive, computing) To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
- (transitive) To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
- reproduce someone's behavior or looks
- reproduce or make an exact copy of
- make a replica of
- copy down as is
noun
- (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
- A particular instance of an issue of a periodical (e.g., magazine, journal, bulletin): a single printed impression or digital file representing that issue; (metonynmically) the issue.
- (journalism) A person employed to carry copy and run errands.
- An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
- (marketing, advertising) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
- A particular instance of a book: a single printed impression or digital file representing it.
- (uncountable) The text to be set into newspaper articles, magazine pages, or similar.
- (typography, journalism, publishing) The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
- The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
- A schoolwork pad or workbook.
- a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
- material suitable for a journalistic account
- matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials
- a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing
adj
- Simulated in a computer and/or online.
- In effect or essence, rather than in fact or reality; also, imitated, simulated.
- (quantum mechanics) Of a quantum state: having an intermediate, short-lived, and unobservable nature.
- Operating using a computer and/or online rather than physically present.
- (object-oriented programming) Of a class member: capable of being overridden with a different implementation in a subclass.
- (particle physics) Pertaining to particles in temporary existence due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
- (mechanics) Pertaining to a theoretical infinitesimal velocity in a mechanical system that does not violate the system's constraints; also, of other physical quantities: resulting from such a velocity.
- (optics) Chiefly in virtual focus: of a focus or point: from which light or other radiation apparently emanates; also, of an image: produced by light that appears to diverge from a point beyond the reflecting or refracting surface.
- For practical purposes, though not technically; almost complete, very near.
- Pertaining to a theoretical quality of something which would produce an observable effect if counteracting factors such as friction are disregarded; specifically, of a head of water: producing a certain pressure if friction, etc., is disregarded.
- being actually such in almost every respect
- existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact
noun
- (uncountable) Preceded by the: that which is imitated or simulated rather than existing in fact or reality; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable, programming) A virtual (adjective adjective sense 3.3) member function of a class.
- (uncountable) That which is simulated in a computer and/or online; virtual reality; (countable) an instance of this; specifically (gambling), a computer simulation of a real-world sport such as horse racing.
verb
- To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.
- To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
- To apply with energy.
- To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
- (ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
- To strain; make tense.
- To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
- have in mind as a purpose
- mean or intend to express or convey
- denote or connote
- design or destine
verb
- mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner
- prove fatal
- get started or set in motion, used figuratively
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- make a subtraction
- depart for someplace
- remove clothes or shoes
- take time off from work; stop working temporarily
- depart from the ground
- (intransitive) To become successful, to flourish.
- (ambitransitive) To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission.
- (intransitive) To depart.
- (transitive) To quantify.
- (surfing) To stand up on a surfboard and begin to surf a breaking wave.
- (transitive) To remove.
- (usually transitive) To imitate (somebody), often in a satirical manner.
- (intransitive) To leave the ground and ascend into the air or into flight.
noun
verb
- To copy or imitate, especially a person.
- (computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
- strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
- compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with
- imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software
adj
noun
noun
- (attributive) A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.
- The act of imitating.
- a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
- something copied or derived from an original
- the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
- copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
adj
noun
- a model considered worthy of imitation
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- a decorative or artistic work
- a perceptual structure
- a customary way of operation or behavior
- something regarded as a normative example
- (Singapore, informal) A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
- (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
- (computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
- A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
- (cellular automata) A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
- The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
- Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- (textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
- A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
- (US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
- (now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
- A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
- (computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
- A representative example.
- Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
- (software engineering, in compounds) A design pattern.
- (Ireland, Roman Catholicism) The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.
- (MLE) Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
verb
- form a pattern
- plan or create according to a model or models
- To assault.
- (transitive) To serve as an example for.
- To have sex with.
- To teach someone a lesson.
- (hunting, transitive) To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
- To do or perform an activity
- To follow an example.
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
- To fit into a pattern.
- To apply a pattern.
- (MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.
- To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
adj
verb
- imitate in behavior; take as a model
- follow with the eyes or the mind
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- be the successor (of)
- to be the product or result
- keep under surveillance
- be next
- adhere to or practice
- to bring something about at a later time than
- keep to
- follow in or as if in pursuit
- come after in time, as a result
- come as a logical consequence; follow logically
- act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
- perform an accompaniment to
- keep informed
- to subscribe to someone's updates on social media
- to travel behind, go after, come after
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- to be subscribed to updates from another user on social media
- be later in time
- travel along a certain course
- grasp the meaning
- choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of
- behave in accordance or in agreement with
- (social media, transitive) To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.
- (transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
- (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.
- (ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
- (transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
- (ambitransitive) To be a logical consequence of something.
- (transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
- (transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
- (ambitransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.
noun
noun
- The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
- (biology) The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
- (law) A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
- Copy; reproduction.
- (computing) The process of frequent electronic data copying a one database in one computer or server to a database in another so that all users share the same level of information. Used to improve fault tolerance of the system.
- (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
- (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer
- the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
- the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion
- copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- the act of making copies
verb
noun
noun
- (biology) Mimicry.
- The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
- (medicine) The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
- (rhetoric) The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation.
- (rhetoric) The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance.
- any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease
- the representation of another person's words in a speech
- the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
noun
- an imitation or repetition
- a reflected television or radio or radar beam
- a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.
- the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
- a reply that repeats what has just been said
- (poetry) A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.
- (figurative) An insignificant indirect result; a ripple.
- (computing) An individual discussion forum using the echomail system.
- (figurative) Something that reflects or hearkens back to an earlier thing.
- (whist, bridge) A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or, as played by some, exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signalled for trumps.
- An antisemitic punctuation symbol or marking, ((( ))), placed around a name or phrase to indicate the person is Jewish or the entity is controlled by Jewish people; or repurposed or reclaimed to proudly declare one's Jewishness or solidarity with Jews.
- (medicine, colloquial, uncountable) Clipping of echocardiography.
- (figurative) Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
- An utterance repeating what has just been said.
- (computing) The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
- (medicine, colloquial, countable) Clipping of echocardiogram.
- (whist, bridge) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Echo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
verb
- to say again or imitate
- ring or echo with sound
- bring to mind
- (transitive, figuratively) To repeat (another’s speech, opinion, etc.).
- (transitive) To reflect back (a sound).
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of a rumour, opinion, etc.: to spread or reverberate.
- (intransitive, whist, bridge) To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds.
- (intransitive) Of a sound or sound waves: to reflect off a surface and return; to reverberate or resound.
- (computing, transitive) To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.
verb
- (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
- (transitive) To travel in or through, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
- (dialectal) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
- (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
- (ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
- (transitive, informal) To injure (one's own body part).
- (transitive) To perform; to execute.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
- (ambitransitive) To finish.
- (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive, with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
- (transitive) To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
- (ditransitive, informal) To make or provide.
- (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
- (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
- (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
- (transitive, informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
- (transitive, in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
- (transitive, finance) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- (transitive) To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- (DoggoLingo, used with nouns, verbs, and adjective) To perform something suggested by a following noun, verb, or adjective.
- A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
- A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
- (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
- (modal, interrogative, informal) Should; ought to (especially in respect of a task to be repeated).
- (transitive, informal) To provide as a service.
- (ambitransitive) To suffice.
- (especially England, intransitive) To fare well; to thrive; to prosper; (of livestock) to fatten.
- (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- (transitive) To cook.
- (informal, transitive) To drive a vehicle at a certain speed, especially in regard to a speed limit.
- (transitive) To take (a drug).
- (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
- proceed or get along
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- arrange attractively
- carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- travel or traverse (a distance)
- carry out or perform an action
- carry on or function
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- create or design, often in a certain way
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- engage in
- get (something) done
noun
- (chiefly fossilized) Something that can or should be done.
- (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
- (UK, informal) A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality.
- (UK, slang) A homicide.
- (informal) Clipping of hairdo.
- an uproarious party
- the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
num
verb
adj
noun
- a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
- an ignorant or foolish person
- a person who does not talk
- a figure representing the human form
- (attributive) A newborn animal that is indifferent to stimulus and does not voluntarily move.
- (sports, chiefly rugby, soccer) A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
- (African-American Vernacular, Baltimore, slang) A term of address.
- Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
- (linguistics) A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland) A pacifier; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby.
- (sports, UK) A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.
- (chess) A fairy chess piece that cannot move or capture, but can be captured and used to skip moving another piece.
- A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.
- (programming) An unused parameter or value.
- A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
- A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
- (card games, chiefly bridge) A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
- A stupid person.
adv
verb
- make a dummy of
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
- To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
- To make a fake version of something; to make a counterfeit.
- (informal, sometimes imperative) To suddenly stop talking; shut up; to keep a secret; to refuse to talk.
noun
- One who reproduces something.
- (software engineering) A series of steps which reproduce a bug or other condition of interest.
- In a phonograph, a device containing a sounding diaphragm and the needle or stylus that traverses the moving record, for reproducing the sound.
- In a manograph, a device for reproducing the engine stroke on a reduced scale.
- an audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound
verb
- (transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
- (nautical) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.
- (transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
- (music, ambitransitive) To improvise, in jazz.
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- make a copy of with the intent to deceive
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
adj
noun
- (sports) A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
- Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
- (nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
- something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
- (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
verb
- to say again or imitate
- repeat an earlier theme of a composition
- happen or occur again
- make or do or perform again
- to say, state, or perform again
- do over
- (intransitive) To happen again; recur.
- (law, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
- (transitive) To do or say again (and again).
- (procedure word, military) To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.
- To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.
- (intransitive) To strike the hours, as a watch does.
- (transitive) To echo the words of (a person).
- (transitive, medicine, pharmacy) To refill (a prescription).
noun
- an event that repeats
- A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
- (music) A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.
- An iteration; a repetition.
- (medicine, pharmacy) A refill of a prescription.
- (genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
noun
- The process of simulating.
- Something that simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.
- the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)
- (soccer) The act of falling over in order to be awarded a foul, when no foul has been committed.
- (video games) A video game designed to convey a more or less realistic experience, as of a sport or warfare.
- Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true.
- the act of giving a false appearance
- (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
noun
- A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
- (informal) A person who is exactly like or very similar to another person, in terms of looks or behavior.
- (LGBTQ, slang) A Castro clone.
- A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
- (cytology) A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.
- a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction
- a person who is almost identical to another
- an unauthorized copy or imitation
verb
noun
- something to be imitated
- punishment intended as a warning to others
- an occurrence of something
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
- a representative form or pattern
- An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
- A person punished as a warning to others.
- Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
- Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
- Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
- A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
verb
noun
- something to be imitated
- A well-known use of a scientific theory.
- Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
- A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
- Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
- A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
- A copy of a book or piece of writing.
noun
- something to be imitated
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
- someone worthy of imitation
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
- a representative form or pattern
- a type of product
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
- (biology, medicine) An organism or species that is used to study an aspect of physiology or pathophysiology or a particular disease; often, a nonhuman one used to approximate processes in humans.
- A style, type, or design.
- A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
- Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
- The structural design of a complex system.
- (logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
- A representation of a physical object.
- (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
- A person, usually attractive, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show.
- A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.
- A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event.
verb
- construct a model in the likeness of
- create a representation or simulation of
- display (clothes) as a mannequin
- form in clay, wax, etc
- plan or create according to a model or models
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
- (intransitive) To work as a model in art or fashion.
- (transitive) To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original.
- (intransitive) To make a model or models.
- (transitive) To make a miniature model of.
- (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay.
- (transitive) To display an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.
adj
noun
- Imitation work.
- The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
- Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
- Images in general, or en masse.
- The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
- (figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
- the ability to form mental images of things or events
noun
noun
- An imitation.
- A comic who does impressions.
- An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.
- (fantasy, roleplaying games) A fictional monster able to disguise itself as an inanimate object, commonly a treasure chest, often with the intent of luring adventurers into a trap.
- A mime.
- someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)
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adj
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- (attributive) A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.
- The act of imitating.
- a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
- something copied or derived from an original
- the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
- copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
adj
adj
noun
noun
- a model considered worthy of imitation
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- a decorative or artistic work
- a perceptual structure
- a customary way of operation or behavior
- something regarded as a normative example
- (Singapore, informal) A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
- (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
- (computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
- A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
- (cellular automata) A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
- The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
- Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- (textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
- A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
- (US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
- (now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
- A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
- (computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
- A representative example.
- Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
- (software engineering, in compounds) A design pattern.
- (Ireland, Roman Catholicism) The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.
- (MLE) Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
verb
- form a pattern
- plan or create according to a model or models
- To assault.
- (transitive) To serve as an example for.
- To have sex with.
- To teach someone a lesson.
- (hunting, transitive) To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
- To do or perform an activity
- To follow an example.
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
- To fit into a pattern.
- To apply a pattern.
- (MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.
- To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
adj
noun
- The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
- (biology) The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
- (law) A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
- Copy; reproduction.
- (computing) The process of frequent electronic data copying a one database in one computer or server to a database in another so that all users share the same level of information. Used to improve fault tolerance of the system.
- (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
- (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer
- the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
- the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion
- copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- the act of making copies
noun
- (biology) Mimicry.
- The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
- (medicine) The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
- (rhetoric) The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation.
- (rhetoric) The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance.
- any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease
- the representation of another person's words in a speech
- the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
noun
- an imitation or repetition
- a reflected television or radio or radar beam
- a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.
- the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
- a reply that repeats what has just been said
- (poetry) A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.
- (figurative) An insignificant indirect result; a ripple.
- (computing) An individual discussion forum using the echomail system.
- (figurative) Something that reflects or hearkens back to an earlier thing.
- (whist, bridge) A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or, as played by some, exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signalled for trumps.
- An antisemitic punctuation symbol or marking, ((( ))), placed around a name or phrase to indicate the person is Jewish or the entity is controlled by Jewish people; or repurposed or reclaimed to proudly declare one's Jewishness or solidarity with Jews.
- (medicine, colloquial, uncountable) Clipping of echocardiography.
- (figurative) Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
- An utterance repeating what has just been said.
- (computing) The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
- (medicine, colloquial, countable) Clipping of echocardiogram.
- (whist, bridge) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Echo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
verb
- to say again or imitate
- ring or echo with sound
- bring to mind
- (transitive, figuratively) To repeat (another’s speech, opinion, etc.).
- (transitive) To reflect back (a sound).
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of a rumour, opinion, etc.: to spread or reverberate.
- (intransitive, whist, bridge) To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds.
- (intransitive) Of a sound or sound waves: to reflect off a surface and return; to reverberate or resound.
- (computing, transitive) To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.
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noun
adj
noun
- One who reproduces something.
- (software engineering) A series of steps which reproduce a bug or other condition of interest.
- In a phonograph, a device containing a sounding diaphragm and the needle or stylus that traverses the moving record, for reproducing the sound.
- In a manograph, a device for reproducing the engine stroke on a reduced scale.
- an audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound
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verb
verb
noun
- A pantomime actor.
- A unit of imitation in the theory of symbiosism.
- Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.
- A form of acting without words; pantomime.
- A performer of such a farce.
- A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
- A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
- a performance using gestures and body movements without words
- an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
verb
- (transitive) To imitate.
- (radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
- (transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.
- (transitive, computing) To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
- (transitive) To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
- reproduce someone's behavior or looks
- reproduce or make an exact copy of
- make a replica of
- copy down as is
noun
- (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
- A particular instance of an issue of a periodical (e.g., magazine, journal, bulletin): a single printed impression or digital file representing that issue; (metonynmically) the issue.
- (journalism) A person employed to carry copy and run errands.
- An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
- (marketing, advertising) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
- A particular instance of a book: a single printed impression or digital file representing it.
- (uncountable) The text to be set into newspaper articles, magazine pages, or similar.
- (typography, journalism, publishing) The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
- The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
- A schoolwork pad or workbook.
- a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
- material suitable for a journalistic account
- matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials
- a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing
noun
- something to be imitated
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
- someone worthy of imitation
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
- a representative form or pattern
- a type of product
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
- (biology, medicine) An organism or species that is used to study an aspect of physiology or pathophysiology or a particular disease; often, a nonhuman one used to approximate processes in humans.
- A style, type, or design.
- A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
- Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
- The structural design of a complex system.
- (logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
- A representation of a physical object.
- (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
- A person, usually attractive, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show.
- A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.
- A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event.
verb
- construct a model in the likeness of
- create a representation or simulation of
- display (clothes) as a mannequin
- form in clay, wax, etc
- plan or create according to a model or models
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
- (intransitive) To work as a model in art or fashion.
- (transitive) To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original.
- (intransitive) To make a model or models.
- (transitive) To make a miniature model of.
- (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay.
- (transitive) To display an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.
adj
verb
- To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.
- To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
- To apply with energy.
- To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
- (ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
- To strain; make tense.
- To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
- have in mind as a purpose
- mean or intend to express or convey
- denote or connote
- design or destine
verb
- mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner
- prove fatal
- get started or set in motion, used figuratively
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- make a subtraction
- depart for someplace
- remove clothes or shoes
- take time off from work; stop working temporarily
- depart from the ground
- (intransitive) To become successful, to flourish.
- (ambitransitive) To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission.
- (intransitive) To depart.
- (transitive) To quantify.
- (surfing) To stand up on a surfboard and begin to surf a breaking wave.
- (transitive) To remove.
- (usually transitive) To imitate (somebody), often in a satirical manner.
- (intransitive) To leave the ground and ascend into the air or into flight.
noun
verb
- To copy or imitate, especially a person.
- (computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
- strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
- compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with
- imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software
verb
- imitate in behavior; take as a model
- follow with the eyes or the mind
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- be the successor (of)
- to be the product or result
- keep under surveillance
- be next
- adhere to or practice
- to bring something about at a later time than
- keep to
- follow in or as if in pursuit
- come after in time, as a result
- come as a logical consequence; follow logically
- act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
- perform an accompaniment to
- keep informed
- to subscribe to someone's updates on social media
- to travel behind, go after, come after
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- to be subscribed to updates from another user on social media
- be later in time
- travel along a certain course
- grasp the meaning
- choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of
- behave in accordance or in agreement with
- (social media, transitive) To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.
- (transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
- (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.
- (ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
- (transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
- (ambitransitive) To be a logical consequence of something.
- (transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
- (transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
- (ambitransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.
noun
noun
- An imitation.
- A comic who does impressions.
- An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.
- (fantasy, roleplaying games) A fictional monster able to disguise itself as an inanimate object, commonly a treasure chest, often with the intent of luring adventurers into a trap.
- A mime.
- someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)
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verb
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
- (transitive) To travel in or through, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
- (dialectal) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
- (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
- (ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
- (transitive, informal) To injure (one's own body part).
- (transitive) To perform; to execute.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
- (ambitransitive) To finish.
- (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive, with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
- (transitive) To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
- (ditransitive, informal) To make or provide.
- (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
- (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
- (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
- (transitive, informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
- (transitive, in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
- (transitive, finance) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- (transitive) To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- (DoggoLingo, used with nouns, verbs, and adjective) To perform something suggested by a following noun, verb, or adjective.
- A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
- A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
- (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
- (modal, interrogative, informal) Should; ought to (especially in respect of a task to be repeated).
- (transitive, informal) To provide as a service.
- (ambitransitive) To suffice.
- (especially England, intransitive) To fare well; to thrive; to prosper; (of livestock) to fatten.
- (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- (transitive) To cook.
- (informal, transitive) To drive a vehicle at a certain speed, especially in regard to a speed limit.
- (transitive) To take (a drug).
- (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
- proceed or get along
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- arrange attractively
- carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- travel or traverse (a distance)
- carry out or perform an action
- carry on or function
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- create or design, often in a certain way
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- engage in
- get (something) done
noun
- (chiefly fossilized) Something that can or should be done.
- (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
- (UK, informal) A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality.
- (UK, slang) A homicide.
- (informal) Clipping of hairdo.
- an uproarious party
- the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
num
verb
adj
noun
- a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
- an ignorant or foolish person
- a person who does not talk
- a figure representing the human form
- (attributive) A newborn animal that is indifferent to stimulus and does not voluntarily move.
- (sports, chiefly rugby, soccer) A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
- (African-American Vernacular, Baltimore, slang) A term of address.
- Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
- (linguistics) A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland) A pacifier; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby.
- (sports, UK) A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.
- (chess) A fairy chess piece that cannot move or capture, but can be captured and used to skip moving another piece.
- A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.
- (programming) An unused parameter or value.
- A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
- A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
- (card games, chiefly bridge) A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
- A stupid person.
adv
verb
- make a dummy of
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
- To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
- To make a fake version of something; to make a counterfeit.
- (informal, sometimes imperative) To suddenly stop talking; shut up; to keep a secret; to refuse to talk.
verb
- (transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
- (nautical) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.
- (transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
- (music, ambitransitive) To improvise, in jazz.
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- make a copy of with the intent to deceive
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
adj
noun
- (sports) A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
- Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
- (nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
- something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
- (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
noun
- an imitation or repetition
- a reflected television or radio or radar beam
- a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.
- the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
- a reply that repeats what has just been said
- (poetry) A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.
- (figurative) An insignificant indirect result; a ripple.
- (computing) An individual discussion forum using the echomail system.
- (figurative) Something that reflects or hearkens back to an earlier thing.
- (whist, bridge) A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or, as played by some, exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signalled for trumps.
- An antisemitic punctuation symbol or marking, ((( ))), placed around a name or phrase to indicate the person is Jewish or the entity is controlled by Jewish people; or repurposed or reclaimed to proudly declare one's Jewishness or solidarity with Jews.
- (medicine, colloquial, uncountable) Clipping of echocardiography.
- (figurative) Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
- An utterance repeating what has just been said.
- (computing) The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
- (medicine, colloquial, countable) Clipping of echocardiogram.
- (whist, bridge) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Echo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
verb
- to say again or imitate
- ring or echo with sound
- bring to mind
- (transitive, figuratively) To repeat (another’s speech, opinion, etc.).
- (transitive) To reflect back (a sound).
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of a rumour, opinion, etc.: to spread or reverberate.
- (intransitive, whist, bridge) To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds.
- (intransitive) Of a sound or sound waves: to reflect off a surface and return; to reverberate or resound.
- (computing, transitive) To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.
verb
- to say again or imitate
- repeat an earlier theme of a composition
- happen or occur again
- make or do or perform again
- to say, state, or perform again
- do over
- (intransitive) To happen again; recur.
- (law, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
- (transitive) To do or say again (and again).
- (procedure word, military) To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.
- To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.
- (intransitive) To strike the hours, as a watch does.
- (transitive) To echo the words of (a person).
- (transitive, medicine, pharmacy) To refill (a prescription).
noun
- an event that repeats
- A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
- (music) A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.
- An iteration; a repetition.
- (medicine, pharmacy) A refill of a prescription.
- (genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
adj
- Simulated in order to impress.
- Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
- Influenced or changed by something.
- Emotionally moved; touched.
- speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
- being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
- acted upon; influenced
noun
verb
adj
noun
adj
- Simulated in a computer and/or online.
- In effect or essence, rather than in fact or reality; also, imitated, simulated.
- (quantum mechanics) Of a quantum state: having an intermediate, short-lived, and unobservable nature.
- Operating using a computer and/or online rather than physically present.
- (object-oriented programming) Of a class member: capable of being overridden with a different implementation in a subclass.
- (particle physics) Pertaining to particles in temporary existence due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
- (mechanics) Pertaining to a theoretical infinitesimal velocity in a mechanical system that does not violate the system's constraints; also, of other physical quantities: resulting from such a velocity.
- (optics) Chiefly in virtual focus: of a focus or point: from which light or other radiation apparently emanates; also, of an image: produced by light that appears to diverge from a point beyond the reflecting or refracting surface.
- For practical purposes, though not technically; almost complete, very near.
- Pertaining to a theoretical quality of something which would produce an observable effect if counteracting factors such as friction are disregarded; specifically, of a head of water: producing a certain pressure if friction, etc., is disregarded.
- being actually such in almost every respect
- existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact
noun
- (uncountable) Preceded by the: that which is imitated or simulated rather than existing in fact or reality; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable, programming) A virtual (adjective adjective sense 3.3) member function of a class.
- (uncountable) That which is simulated in a computer and/or online; virtual reality; (countable) an instance of this; specifically (gambling), a computer simulation of a real-world sport such as horse racing.
adj
noun
noun
- An imitation.
- A comic who does impressions.
- An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.
- (fantasy, roleplaying games) A fictional monster able to disguise itself as an inanimate object, commonly a treasure chest, often with the intent of luring adventurers into a trap.
- A mime.
- someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)