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Meaning of 'identical' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Identical [ a.]
- The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing.
- Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological.

Meaning of 'identical' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . identical [ a]
Meaning (1):
- (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum
Example in sentence:
  • identical twins are monovular
2 . identical [ s]
Meaning (2):
- exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different
Example in sentence:
  • cars identical except for their license plates;
  • rows of identical houses;
  • they wore indistinguishable hats
Meaning (3):
- coinciding exactly when superimposed
Example in sentence:
  • identical triangles
Meaning (4):
- being the exact same one; not any other:
Example in sentence:
  • on this very spot;
  • saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers;
  • the themes of his stories are one and the same;
  • the very man I want to see;
  • the very thing he said yesterday;
  • this is the identical room we stayed in before

Nearby Words:

ide idea ideal idealess idealism idealist idealistic idealities ideality idealization

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