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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.
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being one or identical though having different names, aspects, etc.:
These are the same rules though differently worded.
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agreeing in kind, amount, etc.; corresponding:
two boxes of the same dimensions.
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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.

same

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adjective

being the very one
she is wearing the same hat she wore yesterday
1. being the one previously referred to; aforesaid
2. ( as noun )
  a note received about same
1. identical in kind, quantity, etc
  two girls of the same age
2. ( as noun )
  we'd like the same, please
unchanged in character or nature
his attitude is the same as ever
all the same
1. Alsojust the same nevertheless; yet
2. immaterial
  it's all the same to me

adverb

in an identical manner

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Usage

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of same¹

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English; Old English same (adverb); cognate with Old Norse samr, Greek ��ǳ�ó��, Sanskrit ��á

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of same¹

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

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Idioms and Phrases

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

More idioms and phrases containing same

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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Synonym Study

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.

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Example Sentences

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Furthermore, seemingly opposed values may not be opposites at all, but merely two sides of the same coin.

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It was much the same along the highway leading away from the coast, where village after village showed signs of violence.

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China has engineers who can meet the high quality specifications on Apple products and the U.S. doesn’t have that great a number of engineers with those same skills, Harwit said.

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While still in service, j-hope released “Hope on the Street: Vol. 1,” a soundtrack to his documentary series of the same name in which he explored street dance in different cities across the world.

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