same
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same/seɪm/
▶adjective (the same)
- 1 identical; unchanged.
- 2 (this/that same) referring to a person or thing just mentioned.
- 3 of an identical type: they all wore the same clothes.
- 1 (the same) the same thing as previously mentioned.
■ identical people or things.
- 2 the person or thing just mentioned.
– phrases
all (or just) the same nevertheless.
same here informal the same applies to me.
(the) same to you! may you do or have the same thing.
all (or just) the same nevertheless.
■ anyway.
at the same time- 1 simultaneously.
- 2 on the other hand.
same here informal the same applies to me.
(the) same to you! may you do or have the same thing.
– derivatives
sameness noun.
sameness noun.
– origin ME: from ON sami.
'same' also found in these Oxford entries:
abatis
- Abkhaz
- Abnaki
- abreast
- accompany
- Achinese
- Acholi
- adjacent
- Adyghe
- Afar
- affricate
- agent provocateur
- aggregate fruit
- agin
- agnate
- agouti
- agree
- aide-de-camp
- aide-memoire
- Ainu
- aircraft
- aircrew
- Akan
- alias
- allele
- alliteration
- allograft
- along
- alongside
- alpaca
- altogether
- amende honorable
- Amhara
- amoral
- ampelopsis
- amuse-gueule
- Anangu
- Anasazi
- ancien régime
- and
- angelfish
- anglerfish
- angrez
- anoa
- another
- antelope
- antiparticle
- anyone
- Apache
- apposition
