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alike

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a·like  (-lk)
adj.
Having close resemblance; similar: The twins are as alike as two peas in a pod. Friends are generally alike in background and tastes.
adv.
In the same manner or to the same degree: They dress and walk alike.

[Middle English alich (influenced by Old Norse lkr), blend of ilich (from Old English gelc) and anlich (from Old English onlc); see lk- in Indo-European roots.]

a·likeness n.

alike [əˈlaɪk]
adj (postpositive)
possessing the same or similar characteristics they all look alike to me
adv
in the same or a similar manner, way, or degree they walk alike
[Old English gelīc; see like1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.alike - having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste"
unalike, dissimilar - not alike or similar; "as unalike as two people could be"
Adv.1.alike - equally; "parents and teachers alike demanded reforms"
2.alike - in a like manneralike - in a like manner; "they walk alike"

alike
adjective
similar, close, the same, equal, equivalent, uniform, parallel, resembling, identical, corresponding, akin, duplicate, analogous, homogeneous, of a piece, cut from the same cloth, like two peas in a pod We are very alike.
similar different, separate, unlike, diverse, dissimilar
Translations
alike [əˈlaɪk]
A. ADJ they are very alikeson muy parecidos, se parecen mucho
you're all alike!¡sois todos iguales!, ¡todos son iguales!(esp LAm)
to look alikeparecerse
they all look alike to meyo no veo diferencia entre ellos, para mí todos son iguales
B. ADV
1. (= in the same way) → del mismo modo, igual
to think/dress alikepensar/vestir del mismo modo or igual
2. (= both, equally) men and women aliketanto los hombres como las mujeres

alike [əˈlaɪk]
adjsemblable, pareil(le)
to look alike → se ressembler
The two sisters look alike → Les deuxurs se ressemblent.
adv [behave, treat, think, dress] → pareillement, da façon semblable
winter and summer alike → été comme hiver
alimentary canal [ˌælɪˈmɛntəri] ntube m digestif

alike
adj pred, advgleich; they’re/they look very alikesie sind/sehen sich (dat)sehr ähnlich; they all look alike to mefür mich sehen sie alle gleich aus; you men are all alike!ihr Männer seid doch alle gleich!; it’s all alike to memir ist das gleich or einerlei; they always think alikesie sind immer einer Meinung; winter and summer alikeSommer wie Winter

alike [əˈlaɪk]
1. adj predsimile, uguale
to be alike, to look alike → assomigliarsi
you're all alike! → siete tutti uguali!
2. advallo stesso modo
winter and summer alike → sia d'estate che d'inverno

alike
adj alike [əˈlaik]
like one another; similar Twins are often very alike. soortgelyk مُتَشَابِه، سَواء еднакъв podobný lig (hinanden), ens gleich (παρ)όμοιος parecido sarnane شبیه samankaltainen semblable דוֹמִים समान sličan hasonló mirip, serupa eins, líkur simile 似ている 비슷한 panašus līdzīgs serupa gelijk lik, ens podobny parecido asemănător похожий; одинаковый podobný podoben sličan lik[] เหมือนกัน benzer, aynı 相同的 схожий مشابہ giống nhau
adv
in the same way He treated all his children alike. soortgelyk, gelyk بِنَفْس الطَّريقَه аднакво stejně ens, på samme måde gleich με τον ίδιο τρόπο igual, del mismo modo ühtviisi یکسان samalla tavoin pareillement בְּמִידָה שָׁוָוה समान रूप से slično egyformán tidak pilih kasih jafnt, eins ugualmente, allo stesso modo 同じように 한결같이 vienodai vienādi sama gelijk likt, samme måte tak samo, jednakowo da mesma maneira la fel одинаково rovnako enako jednako lika เช่นเดียวกัน aynı şekilde 一樣地 так само, однаково یکساں ، برابر như nhau


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Of course," added Miss Cornelia scornfully, "it wasn't one of those freak resemblances you read of in novels where two people are so much alike that they can fill each other's places and their nearest and dearest can't tell between them.
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