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mimic

 
 
/ˈmɪmɪk/ verb [T] (present participle mimicking, past tense and past participle mimicked)

Translation

COPY to copy the way someone talks and behaves, usually to make people laugh
taklidini yapmak, taklit etmek; mimiklerini taklit etmek
He's always getting into trouble for mimicking his teachers.13331016
BE THE SAME to have the same behaviour or qualities as something else
aynı özelliklere sahip olmak; benzer özellikler taşımak
The drug mimics the effects of a natural hormone.4472178
(Definition of mimic verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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