adjective, adverb
adjective [notbeforenoun] very similar:
My sister and I do not look alike. * Airports are all alike to me.
compareUNLIKE
Part of speech: adverb
1 in a very similar way:
They tried to treat all their children alike.
2 used after you have referred to two people or groups, to mean 'both' or 'equally':
Good health and safety management benefits employers and employees alike.
IDIOMS see SHAREv.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for alike is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is alike a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, alike is tagged as adverb.
Does alike appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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