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{
"term": "identical",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "similar in every detail",
"sensetop": "identical to somebody/somethingidentical with somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a row of identical houses"
},
{
"text": "The two pictures are similar, although not identical."
},
{
"text": "Her dress is almost identical to mine.",
"contextForm": "identical to somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The name on the ticket should be identical with the one in the passport.",
"contextForm": "identical with somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "These two models are absolutely identical in appearance."
},
{
"text": "This knife is identical to the one used in the attack."
},
{
"text": "offspring that are genetically identical with the parents"
}
],
"topics": ["Family and relationships"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
"adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "exactly"],
"preposition": ["in", "to", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the same",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This is the identical room we stayed in last year."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/aɪˈdentɪkl/",
"audio": "id/identical/identical__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/aɪˈdentɪkl/",
"audio": "id/identical/identical__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (as a mathematical term): from medieval Latin identicus, from late Latin identitas, from Latin idem ‘same’."
}