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same

UK/seːm/ US/seɪm/ very common formal uk
adjective (4) adverb (1)

adjective

1.

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”
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2.

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”
Antonyms
Similar
3.

equal in amount or value

  • “like amounts”
  • “equivalent amounts”
  • “the same amount”
  • “gave one six blows and the other a like number”
  • “an equal number”
  • “the same number”
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4.

having an open or latticed or porous structure

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adverb

1.

in the same manner

  • “you get treated fairly, same as any other student in this course!”

Origin

From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”) and/or Old English same, sama (“same”) in the phrase swā same (swā) (“in like manner, in the same way (as)”), both from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). Doublet of some and -some. Cognates Cognate with Scots samin (“same, like, together”), Dutch samen (“together”), Danish samme (“same”), Swedish samma (“same”), Norwegian Bokmål samme (“same”), Norwegian Nynorsk same (“same”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian са́мый (sámyj), Sanskrit सम (samá), Persian هم (ham, “also, same”), Finnish sama (“same”), Estonian sama (“same”). Unlikely to be related to Malay and Indonesian sama (“same, equal, together, exactly like”) and other similar words in Austronesian languages, based on cognates found in Oceanic languages such as Lauan dama (“mate, fellow, corresponding part; exactly like, the same”), 'Are'are tama (“in line, in pairs”); and Malagasy samy (“both, each, everyone; same”), which rarely to never had any direct contact with Indo-European speakers in precolonialism (except Malay and most regional languages of Indonesia, ...

Phrases

  • all else the same
  • all the same
  • along the same vein
  • at the same time
  • bitten by the same bug
  • buy the same horse twice
  • by the same token
  • chip of the same block
  • chip off the same block
  • one and the same
  • same to you

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