preposition, adjective
preposition
1 different from a particular person or thing:
Music is quite unlike any other art form. * (written) The sound was not unlike that of birds singing.
2 used to contrast sb/sth with another person or thing:
Unlike most systems, this one is very easy to install.
3 not typical of sb/sth:
It's very unlike him to be so late.
OPPLIKE
adjective [notbeforenoun] (written) (of two people or things) different from each other:
They are both teachers. Otherwise they are quite unlike.
compareALIKE, LIKE
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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 unlike is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does unlike appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — unlike appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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