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identical

[ahy-den-ti-kuhl, ih-den-]

adjective

  1. similar or alike in every way.

    The two cars are identical except for their license plates.

  2. being the very same; selfsame.

    This is the identical room we stayed in last year.

  3. agreeing exactly.

    identical opinions.

    Synonyms: , ,


identical

/ ɪˈɛԳɪə /

adjective

  1. Also called: numerically identical.being one and the same individual

    Cicero and Tully are identical

  2. Also called: quantitatively identical.exactly alike, equal, or agreeing

  3. designating either or both of a pair of twins of the same sex who developed from a single fertilized ovum that split into two Compare fraternal

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • identically adverb
  • identicalness noun
  • nonidentical adjective
  • pseudoidentical adjective
  • quasi-identical adjective
  • quasi-identically adverb
  • unidentical adjective
  • unidentically adverb
  • ˈԳپ adverb
  • ˈԳپԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of identical1

First recorded in 1610–20; from Medieval Latin identic(us) identic + -al 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of identical1

C17: from Medieval Latin identicus , from Latin idem the same
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The advert shows a man with flowing hair involved in a car chase and crash that results in his and an identical, caramel-coloured car sandwiched on top of each other, like a Twix.

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Affixed to it was a button identical to her son’s.

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Do we want only everyone to be identical?

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The two men had almost identical service records and both applied for redundancy when the UK armed forces looked to reduce numbers in 1969.

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The original in Ryhope, Sunderland, was stolen in August 2024, while an identical statue at the other end of the village was sliced down by thieves in 2021, with nobody ever traced for either theft.

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