same

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Antonyms 1.3.4 Derived terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Pronoun 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Esperanto 2.1 Adverb 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 4 Norwegian 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Synonyms 4.1.2 Related terms 5 Swedish 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Synonyms 5.1.2 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse samr (masc.), söm (fem.), samt (neut.), 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 *sama, from Proto-Indo-European *somo-. Compare Swedish samma, Danish samme, Russian самый (sámyj), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (sama), a weak adjectival form, Sanskrit सम (sama); and Ancient Greek ὁμός, Old Irish som.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /seɪm/, SAMPA: /seIm/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -eɪm

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same (not comparable)

1. 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.

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]

[edit] Usage notes

• 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.

[edit] Synonyms

• (identical): identical, equal, equivalent
• (similar): similar, alike

[edit] Antonyms

• different, other, another

[edit] Derived terms

• by the same token
• same old story
• same-sex
• self-same

[edit] Translations

[edit] Pronoun

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. It or them, without a connotation of similarity. Often legal.

   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)

[edit] Usage notes

• This word is commonly used as the same.

[edit] Derived terms

• all the same
• one and the same
• same to you

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aems
• ASME
• mase
• mesa
• seam

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[edit] Esperanto

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same

1. equally

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[edit] Noun

same (hiragana さめ)

1. 鮫: shark.

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[edit] Noun

same m. (definite singular samen; indefinite plural samer; definite plural samene)

1. Sami; person of the Sami people

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• lapp (derogatory)

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• samisk

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for same	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	same	samen	samar	samarna
Possessive form	sames	samens	samars	samarnas

same c.

1. Sami; person of the Sami people

[edit] Synonyms

• lapp (derogatory)

[edit] Related terms

• samiska