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    Im·per·son·ate
    /imˈpərsnˌāt/

    verb

    • 1. pretend to be (another person) as entertainment or in order to deceive someone: "it's a very serious offense to impersonate a police officer"
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  3. Check pronunciation: impersonate. Definition of impersonate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  4. to copy the way someone looks and behaves in order to pretend to be them or to make people laugh: Impersonating a police officer is a serious offence. impersonation. noun [ C, U ] uk / ɪmˌpɜːs ə nˈeɪʃ ə n / us. He did an impersonation of Barack Obama. impersonator. noun [ C ] an Elvis impersonator.

  5. 3 days ago · 1. to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be. He was arrested for impersonating a police officer. 2. to mimic the voice, mannerisms, etc., of (a person) in order to entertain. 3. to act or play the part of; personate. 4. archaic. to represent in personal or bodily form; personify; typify.

  6. adj. embodied in a person; invested with personality. im - 1 + person + - ate1 1615–25. im•per′son•a′tion, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: impersonate /ɪmˈpɜːsəˌneɪt/ vb (transitive) to pretend to be (another person) to imitate the character, mannerisms, etc, of (another person)

  7. Jul 4, 2023 · impersonate (third-person singular simple present impersonates, present participle impersonating, simple past and past participle impersonated) ( transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of. The conman managed to impersonate several executives. Evil can and will always impersonate goodness.

  8. The Britannica Dictionary. impersonate. 1 ENTRIES FOUND: impersonate (verb) impersonate /ɪm ˈ pɚsəˌneɪt/ verb. impersonates; impersonated; impersonating. Britannica Dictionary definition of IMPERSONATE. [+ object] : to pretend to be (another person) He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.

  9. : to assume or act the character of : personate. impersonation. im-ˌpər-sə-ˈnā-shən. noun. impersonator. im-ˈpər-sə-ˌnā-tər. noun. Synonyms. act. masquerade (as) personate. play. pose (as) See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of impersonate in a Sentence.

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