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Explore Personation through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like acting or playing. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Personation in a sentence

Related words

Personation | Persona | Personas

Personation meaning

  1. The act of personating: the playing of a role or portrayal of a character
  2. The roles or characters so played
  3. The act of voting in an election by impersonating someone else.

Synonyms of Personation

acting playing playacting performing impersonation portrayal characterization enactment

Related words

Other words often associated with Personation or its synonyms:

activity picture characterisation depiction delineation impermanent description humor dissimulation legislating caricature deception

Using Personation

  • The main meaning on this page is: The act of personating: the playing of a role or portrayal of a character | The roles or characters so played | The act of voting in an election by impersonating someone else.
  • Useful related words include: acting, playing, playacting, performing.

Context around Personation

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

conspiracy 1×

Often after:

170 1×

Sentence patterns with Personation

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

cheating by personation 170 personating 1× criminal conspiracy personation 1× incidence of personation at the 1× theft and personation with intent 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a 39 year 1× first information report 1×

Common sentence endings:

criminal conspiracy personation 1× probe was on 1× the polling station 1× to commit fraud 1×

Words around Personation

Just before it in the word index:

personas 89 personam 5 personalty 1 personals 10 personally 2.981 personalizing 17

Just after it in the word index:

persone 3 personell 2 personhood 39 personification 58 personifications 11 personified 87

Similar in corpus frequency:

aad 10 aadhar 10 aaro 10 abels 10 abidin 10 abidine 10

Corpus analysis for Personation

  • In this selection, "personation" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, conspiracy and 170 stand out and add context to how "personation" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include cheating by personation 170 personating and criminal conspiracy personation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "personation" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with personation

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

He and the other suspects will face a charge of examination malpractice, criminal conspiracy, personation. (15 words)

But this is a completely disproportionate response to the extremely rare incidence of personation at the polling station. (18 words)

A 39-year-old woman, a 54-year-old man and a 28-year-old man from the Toronto area were arrested and charged with identity theft and personation with intent to commit fraud. (34 words)

Longer example sentences

First Information Report was registered under Indian Penal Code sections 419 (cheating by personation), 170 (personating a public servant), and relevant sections of the Information Technology Act, the official said, adding that further probe was on. (36 words)

A 39-year-old woman, a 54-year-old man and a 28-year-old man from the Toronto area were arrested and charged with identity theft and personation with intent to commit fraud. (34 words)

But this is a completely disproportionate response to the extremely rare incidence of personation at the polling station. (18 words)

Example sentences (4)

A 39-year-old woman, a 54-year-old man and a 28-year-old man from the Toronto area were arrested and charged with identity theft and personation with intent to commit fraud.

First Information Report was registered under Indian Penal Code sections 419 (cheating by personation), 170 (personating a public servant), and relevant sections of the Information Technology Act, the official said, adding that further probe was on.

But this is a completely disproportionate response to the extremely rare incidence of personation at the polling station.

He and the other suspects will face a charge of examination malpractice, criminal conspiracy, personation.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "personation" in a sentence?
An example: "A 39-year-old woman, a 54-year-old man and a 28-year-old man from the Toronto area were arrested and charged with identity theft and personation with intent to commit fraud." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "personation" from authentic English texts.
What does "personation" mean?
Personation means: The act of personating: the playing of a role or portrayal of a character
What are synonyms of "personation"?
Common synonyms of "personation" include: acting, playing, playacting, performing, impersonation, portrayal, characterization, enactment.
How many example sentences with "personation" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "personation", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.