Definition of Identical

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Identical

The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing.

Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological.

In diplomacy (esp. in the form identic), precisely agreeing in sentiment or opinion and form or manner of expression; -- applied to concerted action or language which is used by two or more governments in treating with another government.

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Identical Quotations

The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to feel identical with the universe, but only parts of it, only in it, only confronting it - aliens.
Alan Watts

Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form; hence idea and substance are cognate.
Victor Hugo

I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
Fran Lebowitz

A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.
Robert Orben

Faith is never identical with piety.
Karl Barth

How can a speck of a universe be physically identical to the great expanse we view in the heavens above?
Brian Greene

Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical guise.
Gwendolyn Brooks

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.
Margaret Fuller

The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.
Murray Walker

Identical Translations

identical in Dutch is identiek
identical in French is identique
identical in German is identisch, gleichlautend, identisch
identical in Italian is identico
identical in Norwegian is identisk
identical in Swedish is identisk

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