What does same mean?

Definitions for same
seɪmsame

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word same.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Lapp, Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Same, Saamenoun

    a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer

  2. Lapp, Sami, Saami, Same, Saameadjective

    the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula

  3. sameadjective

    same in identity

    "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street"

  4. sameadjective

    closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree

    "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year"

  5. like, sameadjective

    equal in amount or value

    "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number"

  6. same(p)adjective

    unchanged in character or nature

    "the village stayed the same"; "his attitude is the same as ever"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. SAMEadjective

    Etymology: samo, Gothick; sammo, Swedish.

    Miso, as spitefully as her rotten voice could utter it, set forth the same sins of Amphialus. Philip Sidney.

    The tenor of man’s woe
    Holds on the same. John Milton.

    Th’ etherial vigour is in all the same,
    And ev’ry soul is fill’d with equal flame. John Dryden, Æn.

    If itself had been coloured, it would have transmitted all visible objects tinctured with the same colour; as we see whatever is beheld through a coloured glass, appears of the same colour with the glass. John Ray, on the Creation.

    The merchant does not keep money by him; but if you consider what money must be lodged in the bankers hands, the case will be much the same. John Locke.

    The same plant produceth as great a variety of juices as there is in the same animal. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

    Do but think how well the same he spends,
    Who spends his blood his country to relieve. Daniel.

Wikipedia

  1. Same

    Invented by wigan Sameness or identity

ChatGPT

  1. same

    The term "same" generally refers to something or someone that is identical or indistinguishable to another item or individual in all aspects or characteristics. It denotes a lack of distinction or difference between two or more things.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sameverb

    not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged

  2. Sameverb

    of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like

  3. Sameverb

    just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned

  4. Etymology: [AS. same, adv.; akin to OS. sama, samo, adv., OHG. sam, a., sama, adv., Icel. samr, a., Sw. samme, samma, Dan. samme, Goth. sama, Russ. samuii, Gr. , Skr. sama, Gr. like, L. simul at the same time, similis like, and E. some, a., -some. 191. Cf. Anomalous, Assemble, Homeopathy, Homily, Seem, v. i., Semi-, Similar, Some.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Same

    sām, adv. (Spens.). Same as Sam.

  2. Same

    sām, adj. identical: of the like kind or degree: similar: mentioned before.—adj. Same′ly, unvaried.—n. Same′ness, the being the same: tedious monotony.—All the same, for all that; At the same time, still, nevertheless. [A.S. same; Goth. samana; L. similis, like, Gr. homos.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. same

    (anc. Cephallenia). A town situated on the eastern coast, opposite Ithaca; was taken and destroyed by the Romans, 189 B.C.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'same' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #133

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'same' in Written Corpus Frequency: #180

Anagrams for same »

  1. asem

  2. mesa

  3. seam

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of same in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of same in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of same in a Sentence

  1. Paulo Guedes:

    If he came looking for me, he does not defend that anymore. I am where I've always been, my ideas have been the same for 30 years.

  2. Mike Piwowar:

    It is the unsubstantiated assertion that these products contribute to increased volatility in the financial markets because they must rebalance their portfolios in the same direction as the contemporaneous return on the underlying assets in order to maintain a constant leverage ratio.

  3. Marc Gorlin:

    We will continue to build out the Roadie community to make same-day delivery over hundreds of miles a reality. We want it to be as easy and convenient, to get big, bulky, hard-to-handle stuff delivered hundreds of miles, as it is to get a sandwich delivered down the street.

  4. Marvin Sordell:

    We always see condemnation, it’s the same for a few days, then we kind of get back to normal and then another incident happens. … We kind of live in this cycle that continuously goes on. At some point, we have to break the cycle. At some point, it is n’t enough to just be outraged. We have to do something.

  5. James Franco:

    Werner's still kind of in there, he makes a point of clacking the slate and he's just always there ... Wim is connected in his own way to the same degree, but it comes off as a little more gentle.

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