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   identical

   /ʌɪˈdɛntɪkl/

   adjective

   • 1. similar in every detail; exactly alike: "four girls in identical green outfits" Similar similaralike(exactly) the sameindistinguishableuniformtwininterchangeableundifferentiatedhomogeneousof a piececut from the same clothcorrespondingcorrespondentcommensurateequivalentmatchinglikeparallelanalogouscomparablecognateequalinformal:like (two) peas in a podmuch of a muchness(like) Tweedledum and TweedledeeOpposite differentunlike
   • ▪ (of twins) developed from a single fertilized ovum, and therefore of the same sex and usually very similar in appearance.
   • ▪ (of something encountered on separate occasions) the same: "she stole a suitcase from the identical station at which she had been arrested before" Similar the samethe very sameone and the samethe selfsamethe veryaforementionedpreviously mentionedaforesaidaforenamedpreviously describedaboveabove-statedforegoingprecedingprecedentearlierpreviousOpposite different
   • 2. expressing an identity: "an identical proposition"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in identical (sense 2)): from medieval Latin identicus, from late Latin identitas (see identity).

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