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Definition of dissimilar adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dissimilar

adjective
 
/dɪˈsɪmɪlə(r)/
 
/dɪˈsɪmɪlər/
(formal)
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  1. dissimilar (from/to somebody/something) not the same
    • These wines are not dissimilar (= are similar).
    • The two languages are completely dissimilar from each other.
    opposite similar
    Extra Examples
    • His views are not dissimilar from those of the Health Minister.
    • The way of life here is not altogether dissimilar to that in other parts of Europe.
    • They had spent their childhoods in highly dissimilar circumstances.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • look
    adverb
    • highly
    • markedly
    • radically
    preposition
    • from
    • to
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from dis- (expressing reversal) + similar, on the pattern of Latin dissimilis, French dissimilaire.
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