HOW TO PRONOUNCE
alike
/əˈlaɪk/
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The first a is a relaxed vowel.
Give the second syllable the main stress and the eye vowel. Alike has two syllables and a silent final e.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The two houses look alike.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does alike mean?
adjective
- Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
adverb
- In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.
- Used after a list of subjects to indicate that something applies equally to all of them.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- A village in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈlaɪk/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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“You are not the least alike. And I have never seen her for years… But she’s sure to come back—they always do!”
“He earns a hundred and thirty pounds. But they’re all alike. They’re large in promises, but it’s precious little fulfilment you get.”
More book examples (3)
Unanimity vanished alike from the cabinet and the field, and their common weal was threatened with ruin, by the spirit of disunion.
In the world as we have been imagining fit, economic fear and most economic hope will be alike removed out of life.
‘I am happy to hear you say so,’ answered Agnes, steadily, ‘for it gives me hope, almost assurance, that we think alike.