same

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”), and/or from Old English same (“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”). Cognate with Scots samin (“same, like, together”), Danish samme (“same”), Swedish samma (“same”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian самый (sámyj), Sanskrit सम (sama).

Adjective [edit]

same (not comparable)

  1. Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical.
    Are you the same person who phoned me yesterday?
    I realised I was the same age as my grandfather had been when he joined the air force.
    Even if the twins are identical, they are still not the same person, unlike Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens.
    Peter and Anna went to the same high school: the high school to which Peter went is the high school to which Anna went.
  2. Similar, alike.
    You have the same hair I do!
  3. Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
    Round here it can be cloudy and sunny even in the same day.
    We were all going in the same direction.
  4. A reply of confirmation of identity.
    • ca. 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act V, scene III:
      King Lear: This is a dull sight. Are you not Kent?
      Kent: The same.[1]
    • 1994, Clerks:
      Dante: Whose house was it?
      Blue-Collar Man: Dominick Bambino's.
      Randal: "Babyface" Bambino? The gangster?
      Blue-Collar Man: The same.[2]
Usage notes [edit]
  • This word is usually construed with the (except after demonstratives: "this same.." etc.). This can make it difficult to distinguish between the simple adjective and the adjective used absolutely or pronominally.
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Terms derived from same
Translations [edit]
not different as regards self; identical
similar, alike
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Pronoun [edit]

same

  1. The identical thing, ditto.
    The same can be said of him.
  2. Something similar, something of the identical type.
    She's having apple pie? I'll have the same.
    You two are just the same.
  3. (formal, often law) It or them, without a connotation of similarity.
    The question is his credibility or lack of same.
    Light valve suspensions and films containing UV absorbers and light valves containing the same (US Patent 5,467,217)
    Methods of selectively distributing data in a computer network and systems using the same (US Patent 7,191,208)
Usage notes [edit]
  • This word is commonly used as the same.
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Translations [edit]
the identical thing
something similar, something of the identical type
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Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle English same, samme, samen, (also ysame, isame), from Old English samen (“together”), from Proto-Germanic *samana- (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”). Cognate with Scots samin (“together”), Dutch samen (“together”), German zusammen (“together”), Swedish samman (“together”), Icelandic saman (“together”).

Adverb [edit]

same (comparative more same, superlative most same)

  1. (obsolete or UK dialectal) Together.

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Adverb [edit]

same

  1. equally

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Romanization [edit]

same

  1. See さめ

Norwegian [edit]

Noun [edit]

same

  1. Sami; person of the Sami people

Inflection [edit]

    Inflection of same
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m same samen samer samene
Nynorsk m same samen samar samane

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Noun [edit]

same c

  1. Sami; person of the Sami people

Declension [edit]

Declension of same
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative same samen samer samerna
genitive sames samens samers samernas

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