[seym] 
| 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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| same (sām) adj.
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. |
SAME
1. Standard ANSI Module language with Extensions.
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same
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.
