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- Dictionaryimpersonate/ɪmˈpəːsəneɪt/
verb
- 1. pretend to be (another person) for entertainment or fraud: "it's a very serious offence to impersonate a police officer"
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to intentionally copy another person's characteristics, such as their behaviour, speech, appearance, or expressions, especially to make people laugh: She's the woman who impersonates all the celebrities on TV. to attempt to deceive someone by pretending that you are another person: He was fined for impersonating a police officer.
The meaning of IMPERSONATE is to assume or act the character of : personate. How to use impersonate in a sentence.
verb (used with object) , im·per·son·at·ed, im·per·son·at·ing. to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer. to mimic the voice, mannerisms, etc., of (a person) in order to entertain. to act or play the part of; personate.
to intentionally copy another person's characteristics, such as their behavior, speech, appearance, or expressions, especially to make people laugh: She's the woman who impersonates all the celebrities on TV. to attempt to deceive someone by pretending that you are another person: He was fined for impersonating a police officer.
verb. If someone impersonates a person, they pretend to be that person, either to deceive people or to make people laugh. He was returned to prison in 1977 for impersonating a police officer. [VERB noun] Tom was a brilliant mimic who could impersonate most of the college staff. [VERB noun]
Impersonate means to pretend to be someone you're not. If you impersonate a bank teller in order to gain access to the money in the vault, you better hope nobody at the bank asks you any questions. Impersonate comes from the Latin in and persona, meaning "to invest with a personality."
impersonate somebody to pretend to be somebody in order to trick people or to entertain them. He was caught trying to impersonate a security guard. They do a pretty good job of impersonating Laurel and Hardy.
