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Meaning of same in English

same
adjective
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/seɪm/

same adjective (EXACTLY LIKE)

the same
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exactly like another or each other:
My twin sister and I have the same nose.
exactly the same She was wearing exactly the same dress as I was.
the same something as someone/something Hilary's the same age as me.
the same way She brought up her children in just (= exactly) the same way her mother did.
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exactly like each other
  • the sameI have the same dress as her.
  • identicalThe employees all wore identical blue shirts.
  • indistinguishableThe counterfeit certificate was so good it was indistinguishable from the real thing.
  • equalFour groups of ten is equal to two groups of twenty.
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staying the same
  • constantCheck to make sure your oven maintains a constant temperature.
  • the sameYou look exactly the same as you did ten years ago!
  • same old same oldThe Italian restaurant is under new management, but it's just the same old same old.
  • unchangingHis novel is about the unchanging nature of humanity.
  • unchangeableThe company's position on the matter is absolute and unchangeable.
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same adjective (NOT ANOTHER)

A1 [ before noun ]
not another different place, time, situation, person, or thing:
My brother and I sleep in the same room.
Rachel's still going out with the same boyfriend.
That (very) same day, he heard he'd passed his exams.
I would do the same thing again if I had the chance.
They eat at the same restaurant every week.
Shall we meet up at the same time tomorrow?
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Grammar

Same, similar, identical
Same means that two or more things are exactly like one another. We can use same as an adjective before a noun or as a pronoun. When we use same to compare people or things, we must use it with the: …

Idioms

at the same time
be in the same boat
by the same token
it all amounts/comes to the same thing
it's the same old story
not in the same league
one and the same
same difference
same old same old
the same old thing
same
pronoun
uk
/seɪm/ us
/seɪm/

same pronoun (EXACTLY LIKE)

the same as
A2
exactly like:
just the same as People say I look just the same as my sister.
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the same
B2
not changed:
It's been years since I've been here, but everything's the same.
exactly the same After all these years you look exactly the same - you haven't changed a bit.
the same as always Charles is just the same as always.
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same pronoun (NOT ANOTHER)

the same
B1
not another different thing or situation:
it is the same with I'm terrible at physics, and it's the same with chemistry - I get it all wrong.
[ before noun ] humorous
not another different person:
"Was that Marion on the phone?" "The (very) same."
"You'll never guess who I saw in town." "It wasn't Peter, was it?" "The same."
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Grammar

Same, similar, identical
Same means that two or more things are exactly like one another. We can use same as an adjective before a noun or as a pronoun. When we use same to compare people or things, we must use it with the: …

Idioms

all the same
be all the same to someone
not the same
same again
same here
same to you
same
adverb
uk
/seɪm/ us
/seɪm/
the same
B2
in the same way:
We treat all our children the same.
the same as I need some time to myself, the same as anybody else.
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Same, similar, identical
Same means that two or more things are exactly like one another. We can use same as an adjective before a noun or as a pronoun. When we use same to compare people or things, we must use it with the: …
(Definition of same from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

same | American Dictionary

same
adjective [ not gradable ]
us
/seɪm/

same adjective [not gradable] (EXACTLY LIKE)

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exactly like another or each other:
My sister and I have the same color hair.
Our grades were exactly the same.
They are all the same, these "in-town" events.

same adjective [not gradable] (NOT ANOTHER)

this one; not another, different one:
She keeps saying the same thing over and over.
Production is down by 80% from the same period last year.
She started studying languages and became interested in travel at the same time.

Idioms

at the same time
in the same boat
in the same league (as someone/something)
on the same wavelength
same difference
same here
the same old thing
same
pronoun
us
/seɪm/

same pronoun (EXACTLY ALIKE)

exactly alike, or not changed:
Life was never the same again once the children started school.
It took longer to lose weight the second time, even though my diet was exactly the same.
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Examples of same

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They remain in the same place for one year.
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Since is not analytic, the same is true for dimension.
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Samples with the same letter are not significantly different.
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The argument is the same for (3) and (4).
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The robot's return route is not exactly the same than the way on.
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Many other animalcula of the same class and of other classes display the same characteristic.
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They should behave in the same way as the things they represent behave.
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This group received the same input as the interactors.
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Much the same can be said about (b).
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We used the same trees in both years.
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The cooling paradigm also permitted rapid reversal and repeated demonstration of deficits in the same testing session.
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One can argue that if a numerical scheme works well, then its numerical dissipation must have the same qualitative properties as the physical dissipation.
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From this point on, the steps of the calculation are the same as for the propagation of an ordinary shock wave.
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Those engaged in mathematical and philosophical studies did the same.
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But they had - at the same time - to be war y that mathematics was not "so close" to applications as to produce unwanted philosophical conflict.
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Translations of same

in Chinese (Traditional)
非常相似, 不是另一個, 相同的，同一的…
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非常相似, 不是另一个, 相同的，同一的…
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mismo, por igual…
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do mesmo jeito…
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याच / एकाच…
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同（おな）じように…
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aynı, benzer, bir…
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de la même manière, semblable, même…
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उसी / स्थान, समय, स्थिति…
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sama, perkara yang sama, sama seperti…
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ٹھیک وہی, اسی, ایک ہی…
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однаковий, один і той же, той самий…
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వేరే ప్రదేశం, సమయం, సందర్భం…
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podobný, stejný, týž…
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serupa, sama, tidak berubah…
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