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Meaning of look alike in English

look alike
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If people or things look alike, they are very similar in appearance to each other:
The children all look very alike.
All these corridors look alike.
The puppies all look exactly alike unless you've known them for a while.
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look-alike
noun [ C ]
uk
/ˈlʊk.ə.laɪk/ us
/ˈlʊk.ə.laɪk/
someone or something that is similar in appearance to someone or something else:
She's a Marilyn Monroe look-alike.
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double
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Describing people with the same qualities
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(Definition of look alike from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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look-alike
noun [ C ]
(also lookalike)
us/ˈlʊk·əˌlɑɪk/
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someone or something very similar in physical appearance to someone or something else:
an Elvis Presley lookalike
(Definition of look alike from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of look alike

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Faced with a row of look-alike singers, the audience must guess in which direction attention should be directed.
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Hand-written prescriptions may pose a problem in terms of legibility with particular problems with 'look-alike' drug names.
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In other words, is the case under appeal in fact a look-alike case such that a decision in a lead case would affect its determination?
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There is counterfeiting, replication without permission, production of look-alike copies and so on.
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A large number of original products are copied by look-alike products.
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Clause 26 makes arrangements for look-alike cases which have gone to appeal.
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So there is a certain inevitability in there being a look-alike package.
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All that happened was that the look-alike product was given publicity.
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I consider that another company which benefits from this investment by marketing a look-alike obtains an unfair advantage, and that represents unfair competition.
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However, no constituent has ever written, or been to see me, to complain about being confused by a look-alike product on a supermarket shelf.
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I have been unable to deal with that look-alike problem.
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That is a perfect description of a look-alike—creating confusion.
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The deliberate marketing of look-alike brands takes unfair advantage of consumers and manufacturers of well-known branded products.
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Furthermore, consumers who purchase look-alike products are often under the mistaken impression that they are branded goods.
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Someone who gains from that investment by selling a look-alike product gains an unfair advantage.
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