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identical
/aɪˈdɛntɪkəl/
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What does identical mean?
adjective
- Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.
- Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical.
- Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.
More meanings (5)
adjective
- Exactly equivalent.
- (rare) Approximating or approaching exact equivalence.
noun
- Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.
- An identical twin.
- A rhyme on the same syllable, such as "leave" and "believe".
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IPA pronunciation
/aɪˈdɛntɪkəl/
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Are they not the identical means on which every State government in the Union relies for the attainment of these important ends?
In the case of the use of an identical sign for identical goods or services, a likelihood of confusion shall be presumed.
More book examples (3)
He said he couldn’t scarcely believe he was standing on the very identical spot the prince flew from on the Bronze Horse.
If the progress of reason tends to separate us from Divinity, how could God and man be identical in point of reason?
On either side the islands are situated on moderately deep submarine banks, and they are inhabited by closely allied or identical quadrupeds.