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all the same en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Making no significant difference.
    • Near-synonym: all one
    • It's all the same to me if you want to leave early.
    • Certainly, many women have found me interesting. All the same, the women closest to me are invariably deeply dissatisfied.
  2. (not-comparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all, same.
    • His speeches are all the same.

Deriveds

if it's all the same

Relateds

of a kind · distinction without a difference · of a piece · much of a muchness · same difference · close enough

Synonyms

all one

Translations (10)

gmw-ecg aanrlaa (Translations) · myv ялатеке (Translations) · uk ба́йду́же (Translations) · myv весе вейке (Translations) · fi yhdentekevä (Translations) · pl wszystko jedno (Translations) · bg все същото (Translations) · de einerlei (Translations) · uk одна́ково (Translations) · fi samantekevä (Translations)

all the same en · ADV

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless.
    • It's a distant solar system / I tried to phone but they don't list 'em / So I asked her for a number all the same 1996, “Cosmic Girl”, in Travelling Without Moving, performed by Jamiroquai:
    • He knew it was risky. He did it all the same.
    • So GCN calls and I'm thinking — what can I say in the pages of an anti-racist, but all the same White newspaper? What will I choose not to say? 1989 February 5, Colin Robinson, “You Dared Us To Dream That We Are Worth Wanting Each Other”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 29, page 10:
    • It's sleeting. All the same, I'll take the dog out.

Synonyms

even so · nevertheless · anyhow · still · be it as it may · that being said · maugre · notwithstanding · that said · be that as it may · just the same · still and all · though · having said that · nonetheless · howbeit · withal · just the same · however · even so · yet · all that said · natheless · all the same · still · but · withal

Translations (43)

cmn 還是 /还是 (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · no likevel (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · bg все тая (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · fr quand même (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · ja やはり (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · no tross alt (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · fi silti (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · pl wszystko jedno (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · crh ep bir (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · ru всё равно́ (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · fr néanmoins (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · pt mesmo assim (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · az bununla belə (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · it lo stesso (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · cmn 仍然 (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · ru тем не ме́нее (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · fr tout de même (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · fi yhtä kaikki (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · hu attól még (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · ka სულერთია (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · sv i alla fall (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · ga mar sin féin (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · hu mégiscsak (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · de trotzdem (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · nrf quànd-mesme (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · hu azért (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · az onunla belə (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · ro tot (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · ja 依然として (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · ja それでも (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · it comunque (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · af om't ewe (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · de immerhin (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · fi kuitenkin (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · hu akkor is (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · fi siitä huolimatta (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · it ugualmente (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · ro totuși (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · sv ändå (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · fi joka tapauksessa (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · cmn 依然 (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · az yenə də (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) · hu mégis (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless)