same
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/seɪm/
English
Definitions
adjective
- Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.“Are you the same person who phoned me yesterday?”
- 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.”
- Similar, alike.“You have the same hair I do!”
- 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
- The identical thing, ditto.“It's the same everywhere.”
- Something similar, something of the identical type.“She's having apple pie? I'll have the same. You two are just the same.”
- 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)”
- (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
- Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.
adverb
- Together.
Related words
Synonyms
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