same

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   Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.not-comparable

   • 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.
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   Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.not-comparable

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   Similar, alike.not-comparable

   • You have the same hair I do!
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   Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.not-comparable

   • Round here it can be cloudy and sunny even in the same day.
   • We were all going in the same direction.
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   A reply of confirmation of identity.not-comparable

   • King Lear: This is a dull sight. Are you not Kent? Kent: The same.
   • Dante: Whose house was it? Blue-Collar Man: Dominick Bambino's. Randal: "Babyface" Bambino? The gangster? Blue-Collar Man: The same. http://www.whysanity.net/monos/clerks5.html

ant. another · different · opposite · other

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   The same way; in the same manner; to the same extent, unchanged; equally.not-comparable

   • A mother loves all her children the same.
   • My hometown looked much the same as when I'd left 10 years ago.

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   The identical thing, ditto.

   • The same can be said of him.
   • It's the same everywhere.
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   Something similar, something of the identical type.

   • She's having apple pie? I'll have the same. You two are just the same.
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   It or them, without a connotation of similarity.formaloften

   • The question is his credibility or lack of same.
   • Light valve suspensions and films containing UV absorbers and light valves containing the same
4. 4

   It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.Indiacommon

   • My picture/photography blog...kindly give me your reviews on the same.

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

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   Together.UKdialectalobsolete