English Explanatory Dictionary

same

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
  2. Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.
  3. Similar, alike.
  4. Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
  5. A reply of confirmation of identity.
adv
  1. The same way; in the same manner; to the same extent, unchanged; equally.
pron
  1. The identical thing, ditto.
  2. Something similar, something of the identical type.
  3. It or them, without a connotation of similarity.
  4. It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.
intj
  1. Indicates approval or agreement with the previous material, especially in reference to the previous speaker's viewpoint.
adv
  1. Together.
name
  1. A district capital of Manufahi District in East Timor
  2. A town in Tanzania.
name
  1. Acronym of Specific Area Message Encoding.

Pronunciation

/seɪm/ /seːm/ [seːm] [sɛːm] En-us-same.ogg

Word forms

same the same more same most same

Etymology

From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”) and/or Old English same, sama (“same”) in the phrase swā same (swā) (“in like manner, in the same way (as)”), both from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). Doublet of some and -some. Cognates Cognate with Scots samin (“same, like, together”), Dutch samen (“together”), Danish samme (“same”), Swedish samma (“same”), Norwegian Bokmål samme (“same”), Norwegian Nynorsk same (“same”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian са́мый (sámyj), Sanskrit सम (samá), Persian هم (ham, “also, same”), Finnish sama (“same”), Estonian sama (“same”). Unrelated to similar words in Austronesian languages such as Malagasy samy (“both, each, everyone; same”); Indonesian and Malay sama (“same, equal, together, exactly like”); Lauan dama (“mate, fellow, corresponding part; exactly like, the same”), 'Are'are tama (“in line, in pairs”)), which originated from Proto-Austronesian *sama (“both, each, everyone, fellow, together, corresponding part; exactly like, in pairs, in line; same”).

Synonyms

equal equivalent identical alike similar this +1 like likewise IAWTP

Antonyms

another different opposite other

Derived words

all else the same at the same time bitten by the same bug buy the same horse twice by the same token chip off the same block chip of the same block cut from the same cloth cut of the same cloth cut out of the same cloth exact same get glad in the same britches one got mad in get glad in the same pants one got mad in harp on the same string if it's all the same in the same boat in the same breath in the same shoes in the same vain in the same vane in the same vein just the same lightning does not strike twice in the same place lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place lightning never strikes twice in the same place of the same leaven of the same stripe on the same page on the same wavelength paint with the same brush play the same tape put the same shoe on every foot row in the same boat same-blooded same-bloodedness same-day same day lay same difference same exact same face syndrome samefag same-gender-loving same gender loving same-gender marriage same gender same-gender same here sameish samely same-minded sameness same old same-old same-old same old-same old same old same old same old same-old same old story same old stuff same-origin policy same same
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