Meaning of same in English

same

adjective

/seɪm/ us

/seɪm/

same adjective (EXACTLY LIKE)

the same

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exactly like another or each other:

My twin sister and I have the same nose.

exactly the same She was wearing exactly the same dress as I was.

the same something as someone/something Hilary's the same age as me.

the same way She brought up her children in just (= exactly) the same way her mother did.

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exactly like each other

the sameI have the same dress as her.
identicalThe employees all wore identical blue shirts.
indistinguishableThe counterfeit certificate was so good it was indistinguishable from the real thing.
equalFour groups of ten is equal to two groups of twenty.

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staying the same

constantCheck to make sure your oven maintains a constant temperature.
the sameYou look exactly the same as you did ten years ago!
same old same oldThe Italian restaurant is under new management, but it's just the same old same old.
unchangingHis novel is about the unchanging nature of humanity.
unchangeableThe company's position on the matter is absolute and unchangeable.

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All people are equal, deserving the same rights as each other.
We work at the same speed.
I know a lot of people who've had the same problem.
Her son is the same age as mine.
The jacket and trousers are almost the same colour.

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same adjective (NOT ANOTHER)

A1 [ before noun ]

not another different place, time, situation, person, or thing:

My brother and I sleep in the same room.

Rachel's still going out with the same boyfriend.

That (very) same day, he heard he'd passed his exams.

I would do the same thing again if I had the chance.

They eat at the same restaurant every week.

Shall we meet up at the same time tomorrow?

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You have the same dish every time we come here.
She's been in the same job for years.
I find myself endlessly repeating the same phrases.
I always buy the same brand of toothpaste just out of habit.
We always shop at the same places.

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Grammar

Same, similar, identical

Same means that two or more things are exactly like one another. We can use same as an adjective before a noun or as a pronoun. When we use same to compare people or things, we must use it with the: …

Idioms

at the same time
be in the same boat
by the same token
it all amounts/comes to the same thing
it's the same old story
not in the same league
one and the same
same difference
same old same old
the same old thing

same

pronoun

/seɪm/ us

/seɪm/

same pronoun (EXACTLY LIKE)

the same as

exactly like:

just the same as People say I look just the same as my sister.

the same

not changed:

It's been years since I've been here, but everything's the same.

exactly the same After all these years you look exactly the same - you haven't changed a bit.

the same as always Charles is just the same as always.

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same pronoun (NOT ANOTHER)

the same

not another different thing or situation:

it is the same with I'm terrible at physics, and it's the same with chemistry - I get it all wrong.

[ before noun ] humorous

not another different person:

"Was that Marion on the phone?" "The (very) same."

"You'll never guess who I saw in town." "It wasn't Peter, was it?" "The same."

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Same, similar, identical

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all the same
be all the same to someone
not the same
same again
same here
same to you

same

adverb

/seɪm/ us

/seɪm/

the same

in the same way:

We treat all our children the same.

the same as I need some time to myself, the same as anybody else.

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Same, similar, identical

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same

adjective [ not gradable ]

/seɪm/

same adjective [not gradable] (EXACTLY LIKE)

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exactly like another or each other:

My sister and I have the same color hair.

Our grades were exactly the same.

They are all the same, these "in-town" events.

same adjective [not gradable] (NOT ANOTHER)

this one; not another, different one:

She keeps saying the same thing over and over.

Production is down by 80% from the same period last year.

She started studying languages and became interested in travel at the same time.

Idioms

at the same time
in the same boat
in the same league (as someone/something)
on the same wavelength
same difference
same here
the same old thing

same

pronoun

/seɪm/

same pronoun (EXACTLY ALIKE)

exactly alike, or not changed:

Life was never the same again once the children started school.

It took longer to lose weight the second time, even though my diet was exactly the same.

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Examples of same

same

They remain in the same place for one year.

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Since is not analytic, the same is true for dimension.

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Samples with the same letter are not significantly different.

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The argument is the same for (3) and (4).

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The robot's return route is not exactly the same than the way on.

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Many other animalcula of the same class and of other classes display the same characteristic.

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They should behave in the same way as the things they represent behave.

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This group received the same input as the interactors.

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Much the same can be said about (b).

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We used the same trees in both years.

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The cooling paradigm also permitted rapid reversal and repeated demonstration of deficits in the same testing session.

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One can argue that if a numerical scheme works well, then its numerical dissipation must have the same qualitative properties as the physical dissipation.

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From this point on, the steps of the calculation are the same as for the propagation of an ordinary shock wave.

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Those engaged in mathematical and philosophical studies did the same.

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But they had - at the same time - to be war y that mathematics was not "so close" to applications as to produce unwanted philosophical conflict.

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