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same

[seym]
–adjective
1. identical with what is about to be or has just been mentioned: This street is the same one we were on yesterday.
2. being one or identical though having different names, aspects, etc.: These are the same rules though differently worded.
3. agreeing in kind, amount, etc.; corresponding: two boxes of the same dimensions.
4. unchanged in character, condition, etc.: It's the same town after all these years.
–pronoun
5. the same person or thing.
6. the same kind or category of thing: You're having steak? I'll have the same, but very rare.
7. the very person, thing, or set just mentioned: Sighted sub sank same.
8. the same, in the same manner; in an identical or similar way: I see the same through your glasses as I do through mine.
9. all the same,
a. notwithstanding; nevertheless: You don't have to go but we wish you would, all the same.
b. of no difference; immaterial: It's all the same to me whether our team loses or wins.
10. just the same,
a. in the same manner.
b. nevertheless: It was a success, but it could easily have failed, just the same.

Origin:
1150–1200; ME; OE same (adv.); c. ON samr, Gk homós, Skt samá


1–3. corresponding, interchangeable, equal. 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.


1. different. 3. unlike.
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same   (sām)   
adj.  
  1. Being the very one; identical: the same boat we rented before.

  2. Similar in kind, quality, quantity, or degree.

  3. Conforming in every detail: according to the same rules as before.

  4. Being the one previously mentioned or indicated; aforesaid.

adv.  In the same way: The words sale and sail are pronounced the same.
pron.  
  1. Someone or something identical with another.

  2. Someone or something previously mentioned or described.


[Middle English, from Old Norse samr; see sem-1 in Indo-European roots.]
Usage Note: The expressions same and the same are sometimes used in place of pronouns such as it or one, as in When you have filled out the form, please remit same to this office. As this example suggests, the usage is associated chiefly with business and legal language, and some critics have suggested that it should be reserved for such contexts. But though the usage often does sound stilted, it occurs with some frequency in informal writing, particularly in the phrase lack of same, as in It is a question of money, or lack of same.
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Word Origin & History

same 
perhaps abstracted from O.E. swa same "the same as," but more likely from O.N. same, samr "same," both from P.Gmc. *samon (cf. O.S., O.H.G., Goth. sama; O.H.G. samant, Ger. samt "together, with," Goth. samana "together," Du. zamelen "to collect," Ger. zusammen "together"), from PIE *samos "same," from base *sem- "one, together" (cf. Skt. samah "even, level, similar, identical;" Avestan hama "similar, the same;" Gk. hama "together with, at the same time," homos "one and the same," homios "like, resembling," homalos "even;" L. similis "like;" O.Ir. samail "likeness;" O.C.S. samu "himself"). O.E. had lost the pure form of the word; the modern word replaced synonymous ilk (q.v.). Colloq. phrase same here as an exclamation of agreement is from 1895. Same difference curious way to say "equal," is attested from 1945.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: SAMe
Pronunciation: 'sam-E
Function: noun
: S-adenosylmethionine especially when used as a dietary supplement with the intention ofrelieving depression or arthritic pain and inflammation
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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