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The definition of identical is a person or thing that is exactly like another.
(adjective)An example of identical is two people wearing the same dress.
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See identical in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- the very same
- exactly alike or equal: often followed by with or to
- designating twins, always of the same sex, developed from a single fertilized ovum and very much alike in physical appearance
Origin: identic + -al
Related Forms:
- identically adverb
See identical in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- Being the same: another orator who used the senator's identical words.
- Exactly equal and alike.
- Having such a close similarity or resemblance as to be essentially equal or interchangeable.
- Biology Of or relating to a twin or twins developed from the same fertilized ovum and having the same genetic makeup and closely similar appearance; monozygotic.
Origin:
Origin: From Medieval Latin identicus
Origin: , from Late Latin identitās, identity; see identity
.Related Forms:
- i·denˈti·cal·ly adverb
- i·denˈti·cal·ness noun
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