alike

UK /əˈlaɪk/ US /əˈlaɪk/

adv 2adj 1name 1

Definitions

adj

Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.

Twins are physically alike, that is, similar-looking people on the outside.

The wide prospect up stream was grey and lowering, the long still-distant waterfront of Dundee, and the Fife shore were alike colourless, and there was ample evidence of rough weather not far ahead.

adv

In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.

We are all alike concerned in religion.

As the Knight himself seemed tacitly to disclaim alike interest and controul over the immediate favourite of his lady, young Roland was, by circumstances, exempted from the strict discipline to which, as the retainer of a Scottish man of rank, he would otherwise have been subjected, according to all the rigour of the age.

In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.

The new policy will benefit employees and customers alike.

In the words of an official report (that might well apply to all the railways): "Public interest in the region of Cuenca is not favourable towards completion of the railway, probably because it has shifted towards the road construction programme now being favoured by the Government and public alike."

name

A village in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India.

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

be, look, seem

ADV

remarkably, very (much)

exactly

My twin sisters dress exactly alike, but they have completely different personalities.

PREP

The twins were so alike in appearance that even their parents sometimes confused them.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — equally

likewise

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

great minds think alike

Used to remark upon the fact that someone else has had the same thought or idea as you, implying that both of you are clever or astute.

Person A: He looks a bit like David Beckham...

share and share alike

For members of a group, equal portions of or equal access to tangible or intangible goods, entitlements, or obligations—i.e., each person's share like each of the other shares. Often used in a context of reciprocity, or pooling resources.

[E]xquisite beauty is rarely given with wit, more rarely with goodness of temper, and never at all with modesty. And some, pretending to justify the equity of such a distribution,

Example Bank

Twins are physically alike, that is, similar-looking people on the outside.

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The wide prospect up stream was grey and lowering, the long still-distant waterfront of Dundee, and the Fife shore were alike colourless, and there was ample evidence of rough weather not far ahead.

Wiktionary

We are all alike concerned in religion.

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Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of

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Much as we resemble one another, none of us are exactly alike.

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