How to pronounce imitate

Listen to imitate in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“imitate” in real sentences

381 clips in the index · 20 American · 26 British · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. The idea that we could imitate humans by creating a machine that imitate us.

    The Royal Institution · hear it here

  2. you can't imitate anyone.

    The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here

  3. best to imitate his predecessor.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

  4. best to imitate his predecessor.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

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