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/seɪm/ English

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adjective

  1. Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.“Are you the same person who phoned me yesterday?”
  2. Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.“It took all night to find our hotel room, as we forgot our room number and each door looked the same.”
  3. Similar, alike.“You have the same hair I do!”
  4. Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.“Round here it can be cloudy and sunny even in the same day.”

pronoun

  1. The identical thing, ditto.“It's the same everywhere.”
  2. Something similar, something of the identical type.“She's having apple pie? I'll have the same.   You two are just the same.”
  3. It or them, without a connotation of similarity.“Light valve suspensions and films containing UV absorbers and light valves containing the same (US Patent 5,467,217)”
  4. (Indian English, common) It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.“My picture/photography blog...kindly give me your reviews on the same.”

interjection

  1. Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.

adverb

  1. Together.

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