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[seym] Pronunciation Key
[seym] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–pronoun
—Idioms
| 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. |
| 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,
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| 10. | just the same,
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[Origin: 1150–1200; ME; OE same (adv.); c. ON samr, Gk homós, Skt samá]
] —Synonyms 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.
—Antonyms 1. different. 3. unlike.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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(sām) Pronunciation Key
adj.
adv. In the same way: The words sale and sail are pronounced the same. pron.
[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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| same | |
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" [ant: other] |
| 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" [ant: different] |
| 3. | equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number" [syn: like] [ant: unlike] |
| 4. | unchanged in character or nature; "the village stayed the same"; "his attitude is the same as ever" |
noun | |
| 1. | a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer [syn: Lapp] |
| 2. | the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula [syn: Lapp] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This
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In addition to the idioms beginning with same, 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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Same\, a. [AS. same, adv.; akin to OS. sama, samo, adv., OHG. sam, a., sama, adv., Icel. samr, a., Sw. samme, samma, Dan. samme, Goth. sama, Russ. samuii, Gr. ?, Skr. sama, Gr. ? like, L. simul at the same time, similis like, and E. some, a., -some. [root]191. Cf. Anomalous, Assemble, Homeopathy, Homily, Seem, v. i., Semi-, Similar, Some.]1. Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged. Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. --Ps. cii. 27. 2. Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like. The ethereal vigor is in all the same. --Dryden. 3. Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned. What ye know, the same do I know. --Job. xiii. 2. Do but think how well the same he spends, Who spends his blood his country to relieve. --Daniel. Note: Same is commonly preceded by the, this, or that and is often used substantively as in the citations above. In a comparative use it is followed by as or with. Bees like the same odors as we do. --Lubbock. [He] held the same political opinions with his illustrious friend. --Macaulay.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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