same

[ seym ]

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adjective

identical with what is about to be or has just been mentioned: This street is the same one we were on yesterday.
being one or identical though having different names, aspects, etc.: These are the same rules though differently worded.

agreeing in kind, amount, etc.; corresponding: two boxes of the same dimensions.
unchanged in character, condition, etc.: It's the same town after all these years.

pronoun

the same person or thing.
the same kind or category of thing: You're having steak? I'll have the same, but very rare.

the very person, thing, or set just mentioned: Sighted sub sank same.
the same, in the same manner; in an identical or similar way: I see the same through your glasses as I do through mine.

Idioms about same

all the same,
- notwithstanding; nevertheless: You don't have to go but we wish you would, all the same.
- of no difference; immaterial: It's all the same to me whether our team loses or wins.
just the same,
- in the same manner.
- nevertheless: It was a success, but it could easily have failed, just the same.

Origin of same

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English; Old English same (adverb); cognate with Old Norse samr,Greek homós,Sanskrit samá

synonym study For same

1-3. Same, similar agree in indicating a correspondence between two or more things. Same means alike in kind, degree, quality; that is, identical (with): to eat the same food every day; at the same price. Similar means like, resembling, having certain qualities in common, somewhat the same as, of nearly the same kind as: similar in appearance; Don't treat them as if they were the same when they are only similar.

Other words for same

1-3	corresponding, interchangeable, equal

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Opposites for same

1	different
3	unlike

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Words Nearby same

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How to use same in a sentence

None of these, though, has inspired quite the same backlash as fluoride.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers | Michael Schulson | July 27, 2016 | THE DAILY BEAST
This same outlet worked the phrase “engagement to toyboy lover” into the headline of their article on Fry.
Freaking Out About Age Gaps in Gay Relationships Is Homophobic | Samantha Allen | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
It is the summit of human happiness: the surrender of man to God, of woman to man, of several women to the same man.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President | Pierre Assouline | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.
Jeb Bush’s Unseen Anti-Gay Marriage Emails | Jackie Kucinich | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
For his part, Bratton is disappointed but not surprised that the same narrative is already being mapped onto Fry and Spencer.
Freaking Out About Age Gaps in Gay Relationships Is Homophobic | Samantha Allen | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST

I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.
The Boarded-Up House | Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Pontellier and Ratignolle compartments adjoined one another under the same roof.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopin
On the thirteenth of the same month they bound to the stake, in order to burn alive, a man who had two religious in his house.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624 | Various
Some were even re-arrested for the same nefarious purpose, and the daily papers published their names on each occasion.
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
The tenor dies; the prima donna appears to do the same, but the libretto consoles you by declaring that she only swoons.
Physiology of The Opera | John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")

British Dictionary definitions for same

same

/ (seɪm) /

adjectivethe same

being the very one: she is wearing the same hat she wore yesterday
- being the one previously referred to; aforesaid
- (as noun): a note received about same

- identical in kind, quantity, etc: two girls of the same age
- (as noun): we'd like the same, please
unchanged in character or nature: his attitude is the same as ever
all the same
- Also: just the same nevertheless; yet
- immaterial: it's all the same to me

adverb

in an identical manner

Origin of same

C12: from Old Norse samr; related to Old English adverbial phrase swā same likewise, Gothic sama, Latin similis, Greek homos same

usage For same

The use of same exemplified in if you send us your order for the materials, we will deliver same tomorrow is common in business and official English. In general English, however, this use of the word is avoided: may I borrow your book? I'll return it (not same) tomorrow

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with same

same

In addition to the idioms beginning with same

same difference
same here
same old story, the
same to you

also see:

all the same
amount to the same thing
at the same time
by the same token
cast in the same mold
great minds (run in the same channel)
in the same boat
in the same breath
in the same league
one and the same
on the same wavelength

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