Definition of SAME

same

Noun

  • a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
  • the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula

Adjective

  • Identical or similar in every significant way; not different.
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • equal in amount or value
    • "the same amount"
    • "the same number"

Adjective Satellite

  • unchanged in character or nature
    • "the village stayed the same"
    • "his attitude is the same as ever"

Adj

  • Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
  • Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.
  • Similar, alike.
  • Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
  • A reply of confirmation of identity.

Adv

  • The same way; in the same manner; to the same extent, equally.
  • Together.

Pron

  • The identical thing, ditto.
  • Something similar, something of the identical type.
  • It or them, without a connotation of similarity.
  • It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.

Intj

  • Indicates approval or agreement with the previous material, especially in reference to the previous speaker's viewpoint.

Examples

  • A mother loves all her children the same.
  • Even if the twins are identical, they are still not the same person, unlike Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens.
  • I realised I was the same age as my grandfather had been when he joined the air force.
  • It took all night to find our hotel room, as we forgot our room number and each door looked the same.
  • It's the same everywhere.
  • Light valve suspensions and films containing UV absorbers and light valves containing the same
  • Methods of selectively distributing data in a computer network and systems using the same
  • My hometown looked much the same as when I'd left 10 years ago.
  • My picture/photography blog...kindly give me your reviews on the same.
  • Peter and Anna went to the same high school: the high school to which Peter went is the high school to which Anna went.
  • Round here it can be cloudy and sunny even in the same day.
  • She's having apple pie? I'll have the same. You two are just the same.
  • The question is his credibility or lack of same.
  • The same can be said of him.
  • We were all going in the same direction.
  • While the letters were the SAME, their arrangement could lead to vastly different scores.
  • You have the same hair I do!

Origin / 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, some.
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”).

Synonyms

Lapp, Lapplander, like, Saame, Saami, Sami, +1, IAWTP, alike, equal, equivalent, identical, likewise, similar, this

Scrabble Score: 6

same: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
same: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
same: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

same: valid Words With Friends Word