same

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Not different; exactly alike or identical.

   We arrived at the same time as everyone else.

2. 2
   adj

   Very similar in kind or appearance.

   You have the same hair colour as your sister!

3. 3
   pron

   The identical thing already mentioned.

   The same can be said of his earlier work.

4. 4
   adv

   In the same way; equally.

   A good mother loves all her children the same.

Common collocations

• same thing Adjective + noun
• same nationality Adjective + noun
• same wavelength Adjective + noun

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), Sansk…

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