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Alikeas an adjective
Alikeas an adjective means ‘the same’ or ‘similar’:
They are not sisters but their clothes arealike, aren’t they?
All the shops arealike, and it’s hard to find something different.
Warning:
As anadjective,alikeis only used after a verb such asbe,seem,look, but not before a noun (predicatively):
The two women, who lookedalike, sat silently in the corner.
Not:The two alike women sat silently…
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Adjectives
Alikeas an adverb
As an adverbalikemeans ‘in the same way’:
I don’t think you treat both childrenalike.
Warning:
Alikeis not used as a preposition.Likeis used instead:
She’s justlikeher mother.
Not:She’s just alike her mother.
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Like