identical
adjective OPAL W
/aɪˈdentɪkl/
/aɪˈdentɪkl/
- similar in every detail
- a row of identical houses
- The two pictures are similar, although not identical.
- identical to somebody/something Her dress is almost identical to mine.
- identical with somebody/something The name on the ticket should be identical with the one in the passport.
Language Bank similarlysimilarlyMaking comparisons- This chart provides a comparison of the ways that teenage boys and girls in the UK spend their free time.
- In many cases, the results for boys and girls are virtually the same/identical.
- In many cases, the results for boys are virtually the same as/identical to the results for girls.
- Both boys and girls spend the bulk of their free time with friends.
- Most of the boys do more than two hours of sport a week, as do many of the girls.
- Like many of the girls, most of the boys spend a large part of their free time using the internet.
- The girls particularly enjoy using social networking websites. Similarly, nearly all the boys said they spent at least two to three hours a week on these sites.
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsb2- These two models are absolutely identical in appearance.
- This knife is identical to the one used in the attack.
- offspring that are genetically identical with the parents
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
- …
- absolutely
- completely
- exactly
- …
- in
- to
- with
- …
- the identical[only before noun] the same
- This is the identical room we stayed in last year.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a mathematical term): from medieval Latin identicus, from late Latin identitas, from Latin idem ‘same’.