identical
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2.9
- adjective
- /aɪˈdɛntɪkəl/
:
idéntico
- Her answer was identical to mine, showing we both understood the question.
- nearly identical
- almost identical
- virtually identical
That's right, because it is identical to us.
- That's right, because it is identical to us.
- I mean those marked off or divided by identical modes of division.
- She he says that nature wishes our laws to be identical with her own.
- So mint and Caraway are are are chemically identical, which is really cool.
- Again, this works because the pool balls have identical masses.
- Right behind me are two systems with identical specs running the same game.
- Love, justice, not identical but indivisible.
- OK, what is that down there are identical what's RCB squared?
- In the Christian corpus, God is identical with voluntary.
Examples
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The Student Social Validity Questionnaire was identical to the one used in Study 2.
Academic text (2012) -
OK, these two lines are identical to these two lines.
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Some of these look almost identical, like these two are the same.
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Absolutely identical in every respect.
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For easier management, students are provided a set of identical supplies to work with at first.
Academic text (2008) -
The procedures for Blocks II and III were identical to those of Block I.
Academic text (2011) -
You've both been provided with identical supplies.
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As you can see, the signature's identical to that used in the army barracks.
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The two documents are identical, containing the exact same content.
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The twins wore identical outfits to their birthday party.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Very similar in kind or quality to another thing
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3.5
Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, or effect to something else
34
3.9
Exactly the same person or thing
28
7.0
Not able to tell two things apart because they look the same
3
7.7
The exact same person or thing as before
Completely the same in every detail
You can place one thing on top of another so they match exactly
Having the same appearance or design
Antonyms
Compounds
How Similar
Surface Forms
Morphology
identical = identity (transparent) = ident + ical
The adjective is clearly related to the notion of 'sameness' expressed by 'identity' and formed with an adjectival suffix ('-ical'), so learners who know 'identity' can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Identical comes from the Latin word idem, which means 'same'. It shares this root with identity, so identical describes two things that are exactly the same in every detail.