EnglishMain Dictionary
unlike
Universal Words
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
