SAME

same

(adjective) unchanged in character or nature; “the village stayed the same”; “his attitude is the same as ever”

like, same

(adjective) equal in amount or value; “like amounts”; “equivalent amounts”; “the same amount”; “gave one six blows and the other a like number”; “the same number”

same

(adjective) closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; “curtains the same color as the walls”; “two girls of the same age”; “mother and son have the same blue eyes”; “animals of the same species”; “the same rules as before”; “two boxes having the same dimensions”; “the same day next year”

same

(adjective) same in identity; “the same man I saw yesterday”; “never wore the same dress twice”; “this road is the same one we were on yesterday”; “on the same side of the street”

Lapp, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame

(noun) the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula

Lapp, Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame

(noun) a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Same

A district capital of Manufahi District in East Timor

A town in Tanzania

Anagrams

• AMEs, ASME, MSAE, Mesa, eams, mase, meas, mesa, seam

Etymology 1

Adjective

same (not comparable)

Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.

Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.

Similar, alike.

Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.

A reply of confirmation of identity.

Usage notes

• This word is usually construed with the (except after demonstratives: "this same..." etc.). This can make it difficult to distinguish between the simple adjective and the adjective used absolutely or pronominally.

Synonyms

(identical):

• identical

• equal

• equivalent

(similar):

• similar

• alike

Antonyms

• another

• different

• opposite

• other

Pronoun

same

The identical thing, ditto.

Something similar, something of the identical type.

(formal, often, legal) It or them, without a connotation of similarity.

(Indian English, common) It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.

Usage notes

• This word is commonly used as the same.

Interjection

same

(Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.

Synonyms

• this, +1, like

• IAWTP

Etymology 2

Adverb

same (comparative more same, superlative most same)

(obsolete or UK dialectal) Together.

Anagrams

• AMEs, ASME, MSAE, Mesa, eams, mase, meas, mesa, seam

Source: Wiktionary


Same, a. Etym: [AS. same. adv.; akin to OS. sama, samo, adv., OHG. sam, a., sama, adv., Icel. samr, a., Sw. samme, samma, Dan. samme, Goth. sama, Russ. samui, Gr. sama, Gr. simul at the same time, similis like, and E. some, a., -some. sq. root191. Cf. Anomalous, Assemble, Homeopathy, Homily, Seem, v. i., Semi-, Similar, Some.]

1. Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged. Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. Ps. cii. 27.

2. Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like. The ethereal vigor is in all the same. Dryden.

3. Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned. What ye know, the same do I know. Job. xiii. 2. Do but think how well the same he spends, Who spends his blood his country to relieve. Daniel.

Note: Same is commonly preceded by the, this, or that and is often used substantively as in the citations above. In a comparative use it is followed by as or with. Bees like the same odors as we do. Lubbock. [He] held the same political opinions with his illustrious friend. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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