pale imitation

  • 1pale imitation — poor copy, inferior reproduction, shoddy emulation …

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  • 2IMITATION — Ouvert par la critique platonicienne de la mimesis (République , Liv. III, 393 398 et X, 595 608), le débat sur l’imitation a constamment été enrichi d’exemples destinés à comparer et à opposer les esprits créateurs, vraiment originaux, d’un côté …

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  • 3pale — pale1 [pāl] adj. paler, palest [OFr < L pallidus, pale: see FALLOW2] 1. of a whitish or colorless complexion; pallid; wan 2. lacking intensity or brilliance: said of color, light, etc.; faint; dim 3. feeble; weak [a pale imitation] …

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  • 4pale — Ⅰ. pale [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) of a light shade or hue; approaching white. 2) (of a person s face) having little colour, through shock, fear, illness, etc. 3) unimpressive or inferior: a pale imitation. ► VERB 1) become pale in one s face …

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  • 5pale — pale1 W3 [peıl] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin pallidus; PALLID] 1.) having a skin colour that is very white, or whiter than it usually is ▪ He looked very pale and drawn. turn/go pale ▪ He suddenly went pale. ▪ Sharon went… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6pale — pale1 [ peıl ] adjective *** 1. ) light and not bright in color: pale blue eyes a pale sky a ) pale blue/gray/pink etc. something that is pale blue/gray/pink etc. is a lighter type of blue/gray/pink etc. than usual 2. ) a pale person has skin… …

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  • 7pale — I UK [peɪl] / US adjective Word forms pale : adjective pale comparative paler superlative palest *** 1) light and not bright in colour pale blue/yellow/green a pale sky 2) a pale person has skin that is lighter than usual because they are ill,… …

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  • 8imitation */ — UK [ˌɪmɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms imitation : singular imitation plural imitations 1) a) [countable] an act of copying someone s actions, words, or behaviour, often in order to make people laugh Kim can do a great imitation of Woody Allen.… …

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  • 9imitation — noun 1 copy of a thing ADJECTIVE ▪ accurate, good, passable ▪ exact, perfect ▪ cheap, crude, pale …

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  • 10imitation — im|i|ta|tion [ ,ımı teıʃn ] noun * 1. ) count or uncount the act of copying someone s actions, words, or behavior, often in order to make people laugh: Kim can do a great imitation of Woody Allen. a ) the act of copying something: They say… …

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