identical
part of speech
adjective (identical)
meaning for a pupil
1) Identical means exactly the same in every way. tree →
2) Identical twins are two babies born together who look almost exactly alike. tree →
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 →
- She buys 3 identical pens for 6 dollars. tree →
- The square is cut into 4 identical parts. tree →
- How much does one of the identical bags weigh? tree →
- The twins are identical, so it is hard to tell them apart. tree →
- No two snowflakes are identical. tree →
- Her answer was identical to mine. tree →
- The two triangles are identical in shape and size. tree →
- This is almost identical with Uncle Remus's story of how the rabbit robbed the fox of his game. tree →
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.
- The nine-banded armadillo almost always has four identical babies.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «identical» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.