same en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [seːm] Ottawa Valley
- /seːm/ (Canada)
- (General-American) audio
- [sɛːm] Ottawa Valley
- /seɪm/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”) and/or Old English same, sama (“same”) in the phrase swā same (swā) (“in like manner, in the same way (as)”), both from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). Doublet of some and -some. Cognates Cognate with Scots samin (“same, like, together”), Dutch samen (“together”), Danish samme (“same”), Swedish samma (“same”), Norwegian Bokmål samme (“same”), Norwegian Nynorsk same (“same”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian са́мый (sámyj), Sanskrit सम (samá), Persian هم (ham, “also, same”), Finnish sama (“same”), Estonian sama (“same”). Unlikely to be related to Malay and Indonesian sama (“same, equal, together, exactly like”) and other similar words in Austronesian languages, based on cognates found in Oceanic languages such as Lauan dama (“mate, fellow, corresponding part; exactly like, the same”), 'Are'are tama (“in line, in pairs”); and Malagasy samy (“both, each, everyone; same”), which rarely to never had any direct contact with Indo-European speakers in precolonialism (except Malay and most regional languages of Indonesia, e.g. Javanese and Sundanese). All of which originated from Proto-Austronesian *sama (“both, each, everyone, fellow, together, corresponding part; exactly like, in pairs, in line; same”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
Peter and Anna went to the same high school: the high school to which Peter went is the high school to which Anna went.
Our space may be really same (of equal curvature), but its degree of curvature may change as a whole with the time.
1885, William Kingdon Clifford, chapter IV, in The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences:I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:If two persons bore the same name, and confusion was likely to be caused, ambiguity was avoided by adding the name of the father […]
1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xiii:Even if the twins are identical, they are still not the same person, unlike Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens.
I realised I was the same age as my grandfather had been when he joined the air force.
- (not-comparable) Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.
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(not-comparable) Similar, alike.
They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9:She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:You have the same hair I do!
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(not-comparable) Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
We were all going in the same direction.
Round here it can be cloudy and sunny even in the same day.
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(not-comparable) A reply of confirmation of identity.
King Lear: This is a dull sight. Are you not Kent? Kent: The same.
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:Dante: Whose house was it? Blue-Collar Man: Dominick Bambino's. Randal: "Babyface" Bambino? The gangster? Blue-Collar Man: The same. http://www.whysanity.net/monos/clerks5.html
1994, Clerks:
Antonyms
other · opposite · another · different
Deriveds
walk and chew gum at the same time · by the same token · sameish · lightning never strikes twice in the same place · in the same vain · same same · lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place · in the same vein · the same way · sameness · chip off the same block · same-minded · same old same old · if it's all the same · tar with the same brush · samesies · same, same, but different · you cannot put the same shoe on every foot · same face syndrome · same gender loving · same-blooded · same old stuff · same-gender · of the same stripe · same gender · same boat · the same mixture as before · same-gender marriage · sing off the same hymn sheet · same-gender-loving · same-sexer · all else the same · same old · same old story · self-same · two cheeks of the same arse · of the same leaven · put the same shoe on every foot · sleep under the same bridge · same-sexness · same difference · in the same boat · in the same vane · chip of the same block · same-origin policy · same-day · paint with the same brush · samefag · along the same vein · bitten by the same bug · you can't step in the same river twice · same-bloodedness · get glad in the same pants one got mad in · cut out of the same cloth · on the same page · lightning does not strike twice in the same place · in the same breath · same old same-old · serve someone with the same sauce · same thing · harp on the same string · sing the same tune · the same · very same · tar with the same stick · same same but different · just the same · on the same wavelength · exact same · sing from the same hymn sheet · buy the same horse twice · same day lay · cut from the same cloth · at the same time · row in the same boat · serve someone the same sauce · same here · same-old same-old · samey · samely · same exact · two sides of the same coin · same-sex · get glad in the same britches one got mad in · play the same tape · sing from the same hymnbook · same-sexuality · same old-same old · sing from the same hymnal · in the same shoes · cut of the same cloth · same sex · same-sex marriage
Synonyms
similar (similar) · identical (identical) · alike (similar) · equivalent (identical) · equal (identical)
Translations (259)
hu ugyanilyen (similar, alike) · fa شبیه (similar, alike) · cmn 同一 (not different as regards self; identical) · grc ὅμοιος (similar, alike) · sa सम (not different as regards self; identical) · ru то́т же са́мый (not different as regards self; identical) · eo simila (similar, alike) · fi samanlainen (similar, alike) · is samur (not different as regards self; identical) · az həmin (not different as regards self; identical) · arz شبهها (similar, alike) · nn same (not different as regards self; identical) · sh ȉstī (not different as regards self; identical) · lo ເໝືອນ (not different as regards self; identical) · hi वही (not different as regards self; identical) · pms midem (not different as regards self; identical) · et sama (not different as regards self; identical) · id sama (not different as regards self; identical) · fi sama (not different as regards self; identical) · bg една́къв (not different as regards self; identical) · ca mateix (not different as regards self; identical) · it stesso (not different as regards self; identical) · sc propriu (not different as regards self; identical) · pl taki sam (similar, alike) · hi समान (not different as regards self; identical) · de gleich (similar, alike) · jv padha (not different as regards self; identical) · la idem (not different as regards self; identical) · gd dearbh (not different as regards self; identical) · ar نَفْسَهَا (not different as regards self; identical) · mnc ᠠᡩᠠᠯᡳ (not different as regards self; identical) · lv tāds pats (similar, alike) · sw sawa (similar, alike) · ckb هەمان (not different as regards self; identical) · ia mesme (not different as regards self; identical) · ru то́т же (not different as regards self; identical) · la īdem (not different as regards self; identical) · kw kehaval (similar, alike) · cs totožný (not different as regards self; identical) · pt mesmo (not different as regards self; identical) · arz زيها (similar, alike) · hy նույն (similar, alike) · arz نفسها (not different as regards self; identical) · ko 같다 (similar, alike) · gd ceudna (not different as regards self; identical) · my တူ (not different as regards self; identical) · scn midèsimu (not different as regards self; identical) · sk totožný (not different as regards self; identical) · arz زيه (similar, alike) · ar ذَات (similar, alike) · gd aon (not different as regards self; identical) · grc ὁ αὐτός (not different as regards self; identical) · la eadem (not different as regards self; identical) · ceb parehos (similar, alike) · kmr heman (not different as regards self; identical) · ga ionann (not different as regards self; identical) · gd ceudna (similar, alike) · sl isti (not different as regards self; identical) · nl dezelfde (similar, alike) · arz شبه (similar, alike) · es mesmo (not different as regards self; identical) · hi जैसा (similar, alike) · ttj -mu (not different as regards self; identical) · he אוֹתָהּ (not different as regards self; identical) · grc ὁμός (similar, alike) · yi זעלביק (not different as regards self; identical) · mk ист (not different as regards self; identical) · pl ten sam (not different as regards self; identical) · es mesmo (similar, alike) · sga inunn (not different as regards self; identical) · lus pangngai (not different as regards self; identical) · lv tāda pati (similar, alike) · be адно́лькавы (not different as regards self; identical) · rgn medësum (not different as regards self; identical) · ceb parehas (not different as regards self; identical) · sv lik (similar, alike) · el όμοιος (similar, alike) · ceb pareha (similar, alike) · sc matéssiu (not different as regards self; identical) · mi rite (not different as regards self; identical) · lld medemo (not different as regards self; identical) · pt mesmo (similar, alike) · mk ист (similar, alike) · eu berdintsu (similar, alike) · eu bera (not different as regards self; identical) · ru одина́ковый (not different as regards self; identical) · sw ileile (not different as regards self; identical) · hi समान (similar, alike) · nn liknande (similar, alike) · lus pangngai (similar, alike) · km ដែរ (not different as regards self; identical) · fa یکی (not different as regards self; identical) · ang same (not different as regards self; identical) · es mismo (prepositive) (similar, alike) · hi एक जैसा (similar, alike) · yue 同一 (not different as regards self; identical) · yi זעלב (similar, alike) · he דומה (similar, alike) · rm listess (similar, alike) · rm madem (similar, alike) · cy yr un (not different as regards self; identical) · fur midiesim (not different as regards self; identical) · vi giống nhau (not different as regards self; identical) · af dieselfde (similar, alike) · lv vienāda (not different as regards self; identical) · pt o mesmo (not different as regards self; identical) · de derselbe (similar, alike) · sq si (similar, alike) · nb liknende (similar, alike) · gd ceart (similar, alike) · arz مثله (similar, alike) · ko 똑같다 (not different as regards self; identical) · sq njëjtë (similar, alike) · ppl sēsan (not different as regards self; identical) · ur وہی (not different as regards self; identical) · arz شبهه (similar, alike) · ceb parehas (similar, alike) · lmo medemm (not different as regards self; identical) · hi -की तरह (similar, alike) · kea igual (not different as regards self; identical) · ro același (not different as regards self; identical) · dlm medesem (not different as regards self; identical) · dlm stiass (not different as regards self; identical) · rm listess (not different as regards self; identical) · te అదే (not different as regards self; identical) · oc meteis (not different as regards self; identical) · ur یکساں (not different as regards self; identical) · bn একই (not different as regards self; identical) · cdo 同 (not different as regards self; identical) · es mismo (prepositive) (not different as regards self; identical) · mn адил (not different as regards self; identical) · mt l-istess (not different as regards self; identical) · ast mesmu (not different as regards self; identical) · uk одна́ковий (not different as regards self; identical) · sk ten istý (not different as regards self; identical) · uk одна́кий (not different as regards self; identical) · ceb parehos (not different as regards self; identical) · ms sama (not different as regards self; identical) · vi như nhau (not different as regards self; identical) · ar نَفْسَهُ (not different as regards self; identical) · te ఒకటే (not different as regards self; identical) · cs tentýž (not different as regards self; identical) · gd ceart (not different as regards self; identical) · km ដូចគ្នា (similar, alike) · ceb pareho (similar, alike) · io sama (not different as regards self; identical) · et samasugune (similar, alike) · oc meteis (similar, alike) · arz نفس (not different as regards self; identical) · cmn 一樣 /一样 (similar, alike) · af dieselfde (not different as regards self; identical) · he אוֹתָן (not different as regards self; identical) · yue 一樣 /一样 (similar, alike) · fa یکسان (not different as regards self; identical) · eo sama (not different as regards self; identical) · arz نفسيه (not different as regards self; identical) · got 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (not different as regards self; identical) · sc matessi (not different as regards self; identical) · lv vienāds (not different as regards self; identical) · th เหมือน (not different as regards self; identical) · th คล้าย (similar, alike) · tr aynı (not different as regards self; identical) · ar يُشْبِهُهَا (similar, alike) · fo samur (not different as regards self; identical) · fur medem (not different as regards self; identical) · uk то́й же (not different as regards self; identical) · arz زى (similar, alike) · my အတူတူ (not different as regards self; identical) · pa ਉਹੋ (not different as regards self; identical) · ro la fel (not different as regards self; identical) · gd aon (similar, alike) · rm medem (not different as regards self; identical) · sh и̏стӣ (not different as regards self; identical) · yi זעלב (not different as regards self; identical) · sc propiu (not different as regards self; identical) · an mesmo (not different as regards self; identical) · ka იგივე (similar, alike) · be адна́кі (not different as regards self; identical) · ka მსგავსი (similar, alike) · tl katulad (similar, alike) · sv samma (similar, alike) · as একে (not different as regards self; identical) · zdj -dzima (not different as regards self; identical) · ar مِثْلَهَا (similar, alike) · tl parehas (not different as regards self; identical) · ja 同じ (similar, alike) · kea igual (similar, alike) · rm medem (similar, alike) · fur stes (not different as regards self; identical) · hu ugyanolyan (similar, alike) · ba бер үк (not different as regards self; identical) · he אוֹתוֹ (not different as regards self; identical) · vi giống (similar, alike) · fr même (not different as regards self; identical) · az eyni (not different as regards self; identical) · lo ຄ້າຍຄື (similar, alike) · arz نفسيها (not different as regards self; identical) · cmn 同 (not different as regards self; identical) · cy tebyg (similar, alike) · cmn 一樣 /一样 (not different as regards self; identical) · tl pareho (not different as regards self; identical) · ca mateix (similar, alike) · scn stissu (not different as regards self; identical) · gl mesmo (not different as regards self; identical) · id serupa (similar, alike) · vec medesino (not different as regards self; identical) · mi ōrite (similar, alike) · ceb pareho (not different as regards self; identical) · gl mesmo (similar, alike) · fur istès (not different as regards self; identical) · nl dezelfde (not different as regards self; identical) · sc mantessi (not different as regards self; identical) · be то́й жа (not different as regards self; identical) · cmn 同樣 /同样 (not different as regards self; identical) · de selbe (not different as regards self; identical) · vi một thứ (not different as regards self; identical) · uk такий же (similar, alike) · rm madem (not different as regards self; identical) · kw keth (not different as regards self; identical) · nb lignende (similar, alike) · da samme (not different as regards self; identical) · ba шул уҡ (not different as regards self; identical) · sq njëjtë (not different as regards self; identical) · nrf même (similar, alike) · cs stejný (similar, alike) · arz نفسه (not different as regards self; identical) · yi זעלביק (similar, alike) · nb samme (not different as regards self; identical) · ceb pareha (not different as regards self; identical) · it stesso (similar, alike) · hu ugyanaz (not different as regards self; identical) · fa مشابه (similar, alike) · ru тако́й же (similar, alike) · pa ਸਮ (not different as regards self; identical) · tr aynı (similar, alike) · vec medemo (not different as regards self; identical) · sl isti (similar, alike) · ja 同じ (not different as regards self; identical) · bg същ (not different as regards self; identical) · it medesimo (not different as regards self; identical) · sv samma (not different as regards self; identical) · el ίδιος (not different as regards self; identical) · vec medessimo (not different as regards self; identical) · hy նույն (not different as regards self; identical) · he אוֹתָם (not different as regards self; identical) · gd dearbh (similar, alike) · ar يُشْبِهَهُ (similar, alike) · vi cùng một (not different as regards self; identical) · nrf même (not different as regards self; identical) · de derselbe (not different as regards self; identical) · hu ugyanez (not different as regards self; identical) · mwl mesmo (not different as regards self; identical) · fr même (similar, alike) · ga céanna (similar, alike) · lld stes (not different as regards self; identical) · lus inang (not different as regards self; identical) · jv sami (not different as regards self; identical) · km ដូចគ្នា (not different as regards self; identical) · da samme (similar, alike)