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# identical

«identical» in Mova's school dictionary: **exactly the same in every way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (identical)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Identical means exactly the same in every way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identical/#m1)

2) Identical twins are two babies born together who look almost exactly alike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identical/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: things all the same, so they share one size, price or weight; equal parts; identical shapes are congruent. In science: identical twins share the same genes. In everyday life: «Your bags are identical!». Phrases: «identical to», «identical twins», «almost identical».

### examples

- 5 identical boxes weigh 20 kg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identical/#x1)
- She buys 3 identical pens for 6 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identical/#x2)
- The square is cut into 4 identical parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identical/#x3)
- How much does one of the identical bags weigh? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identical/#x4)
- The twins are identical, so it is hard to tell them apart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identical/#x5)
- No two snowflakes are identical. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identical/#x6)
- Her answer was identical to mine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identical/#x7)
- The two triangles are identical in shape and size. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identical/#x8)
- This is almost identical with Uncle Remus's story of how the rabbit robbed the fox of his game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identical/#x9)

### note

«Identical to» or «identical with». Maths: tells you all the items are equal, so you may divide the total equally or multiply one. Trap: «identical» in shape does not mean the same position or colour unless it says so.

### In the corpora

- [Twins are two babies from one pregnancy; identical twins come from one egg that split, so they look alike.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/19/)
- [The nine-banded armadillo almost always has four identical babies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «identical» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identical/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.