unlike

CEFRB1

/ʌnˈlaɪk/

preposition · adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    preposition

    Different from someone or something.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Not typical of a particular person or thing.

Examples

  • Music is quite unlike any other art form.

  • Unlike Great Britain, the Upper House in the United States is an elected body.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

preposition

Extra meanings

  1. Not likely; improbable; unlikely.

  2. Different from; not in a like or similar manner.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance; unalike.

More examples

In context

  • Unlike her, you are diligent.

  • The brothers are quite unlike each other.

  • The disgust I felt after watching last weekend's horror movie was unlike anything I had felt before.

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Origin

preposition

From Middle English unlic, unlich, from Old English unlīċ, unġelīċ (“unlike, different, dissimilar, diverse”), from Proto-Germanic *ungalīkaz. By surface analysis, un- + like. Cognate with Dutch ongelijk, German ungleich, Old Norse úlíkr (see there for North Germanic descendants).