Definitions of impersonate [ɪmˈpɜr səˌneɪt]

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Definition of 'impersonate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.) impersonate
to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be.

2. impersonate
to mimic the voice, mannerisms, etc., of (a person) in order to entertain.

Etymology: (1710–15)

Definition of 'impersonate'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) impersonate, portray
assume or act the character of
"She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

2. (verb) impersonate
represent another person with comic intentions

3. (verb) pose, impersonate, personate
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
"She posed as the Czar's daughter"

Definition of 'impersonate'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) impersonate
to pretend to be sb else by copying their voice, dressing like them, etc.
To make us laugh he would impersonate our teachers.; impersonations of political leaders; an Elvis impersonator

Definition of 'impersonate'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) impersonate
to invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being

2. (verb) impersonate
to ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify

3. (verb) impersonate
to assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth

Translation of 'impersonate'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to copy the behaviour etc of or pretend to be (another person), sometimes in order to deceive The comedian impersonated the prime minister.
Afrikaans: verpersoonlik	Arabic: يَنْتَحِلُ شَخْصِيَّة غَي	Bulgarian: олицетворявам
Brazilian: personificar	Czech: představovat; vydávat se	German: darstellen
Danish: efterligne; give sig ud f	Greek: υποδύομαι	Spanish: imitar; personificar; hac
Estonian: kehastama	Farsi: نقش بازی کردن	Finnish: imitoida
French: personnifier; se faire pa	Hebrew: לְחַקוֹת	Hindi: पररूप धारण करना
Croatian: utjelovljivati, imitirati	Hungarian: megszemélyesít	Indonesian: meniru
Icelandic: faraí gervi; herma eftir	Italian: impersonare; spacciarsi p	Japanese: ～に扮する
Korean: 흉내를 내다	Lithuanian: vaidinti, atlikti (kieno)	Latvian: atveidot; tēlot; uzdoties
Malay: mengajuk	Dutch: nadoen, zich uitgeven voo	Norwegian: utgi seg for, spille, ett
Polish: uosabiać, udawać, wcielać	Persian: نقش بازی کردن	Pashto: شخصيت وركول، بڼه وركول، ښ
Portuguese: personificar	Romanian: a juca rolul (cuiva); a f	Russian: перевоплощаться; изобража
Slovak: stelesňovať, predstavovať	Slovenian: igrati koga, izdajati se	Serbian: oponašati
Swedish: imitera	Thai: เลียนแบบ	Turkish: kişilendirmek, canlandırm
Taiwanese: 模仿，扮演	Ukrainian: втілювати; уособлювати	Urdu: بہروپ دھرنا
Vietnamese: đóng vai	Chinese: 模仿，扮演
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