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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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").[1]

Adjective

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same (not comparable )

  1. Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
    I realised I was the same age as my grandfather had been when he joined the air force.
    Even if the twins are identical, they are still not the same person, unlike Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens.
    Peter and Anna went to the same high school: the high school to which Peter went is the high school to which Anna went.
  2. Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.
  3. Similar, alike.
    You have the same hair I do!
    • 1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], "A Court Ball", in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co.  [...], →OCLC, page 9:
      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.
    • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
      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.
  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.
    We were all going in the same direction.
  5. A reply of confirmation of identity.
Usage notes
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  • This adjective is usually used after the (except after demonstratives, for example "this same girl"), in which case the actually belongs to the following noun. This can make it difficult to distinguish between this adjective and the same word used without an adjacent noun, in other words as an adverb or pronoun, usually as part of the same.
Synonyms
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similar
Antonyms
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Derived terms
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Translations
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not different as regards self; identical
similar, alike
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Adverb

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the same (not comparable )

  1. (used with the) The same way; in the same manner; to the same extent, unchanged; equally.
    A mother loves all her children the same.
    My hometown looked much the same as when I'd left 10 years ago.
    It took all night to find our hotel room, as we forgot our room number and each door looked the same.
Translations
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in the same way

Pronoun

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same

  1. The identical thing, ditto.
    The same can be said of him.
    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.
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.
  3. (formal , often law ) It or them, without a connotation of similarity.
    The question is his credibility or lack of same.
    Light valve suspensions and films containing UV absorbers and light valves containing the same (title of US Patent 5,467,217)
    Methods of selectively distributing data in a computer network and systems using the same (title of US Patent 7,191,208)
  4. (India , 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.
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  • This word is commonly used as the same.
Derived terms
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Translations
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the identical thing
something similar, something of the identical type
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Interjection

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same

  1. (Internet slang ) Indicates approval or agreement with the previous material, especially in reference to the previous speaker's viewpoint.
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Translations
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indicates approval or agreement see also ditto

Etymology 2

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From Middle English same , samme , samen , (also ysame , isame ), from Old English samen ("together"), from Proto-Germanic *samanai ("together"), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- ("one, together"). Cognate with Scots samin ("together"), Dutch samen ("together"), German zusammen ("together"), Swedish samman ("together"), Icelandic saman ("together").

Adverb

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same (comparative more same, superlative most same)

  1. (obsolete or UK dialectal ) Together.

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References

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  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) "*sama", in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

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Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Northern Sami sápmi .

Noun

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same c (singular definite samen , plural indefinite samer )

  1. Sami; member of the Sami people

Declension

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Declension of same
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative same samen samer samerne
genitive sames samens samers samernes

Synonyms

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
English same bor.
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *somHós
Proto-Slavic *samъ
Old Polish sam
Polish sam bor.
さんかく
Proto-Slavic *samъ
Russian са́мый (sámyj)bor.
Esperanto sama
Esperanto -e
Esperanto same

    From sama ("same") + -e (adverbial suffix).

    Pronunciation

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    Adverb

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    same

    1. equally
      • 2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, "La plej mallonga tago", in uea.facila[2] , archived from the original on 12 December 2025:
        Sed, almenaŭ laŭ-sperte, ĉiuj tagoj en nia vivo estas same longaj.
        But, at least according to experience, all days in our life are equally long.

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    Finnish

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    Etymology

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    samea +‎ -e

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA (key): /ˈsɑmex/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝me̞(ʔ)]
    • Rhymes: -ɑme
    • Syllabification(key): sa‧me
    • Hyphenation(key): sa‧me

    Noun

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    same (rare )

    1. cloudy liquid or fluid; fluid that has become cloudy due to its temperature being below the cloud point

    Declension

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    Inflection of same (Kotus type 48/hame , no gradation)
    nominative same sameet
    genitive sameen sameiden
    sameitten
    partitive sametta sameita
    illative sameeseen sameisiin
    sameihin
    singular plural
    nominative same sameet
    accusative nom. same sameet
    gen. sameen
    genitive sameen sameiden
    sameitten
    partitive sametta sameita
    inessive sameessa sameissa
    elative sameesta sameista
    illative sameeseen sameisiin
    sameihin
    adessive sameella sameilla
    ablative sameelta sameilta
    allative sameelle sameille
    essive sameena sameina
    translative sameeksi sameiksi
    abessive sameetta sameitta
    instructive samein
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of same (Kotus type 48/hame , no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative sameeni sameeni
    accusative nom. sameeni sameeni
    gen. sameeni
    genitive sameeni sameideni
    sameitteni
    partitive samettani sameitani
    inessive sameessani sameissani
    elative sameestani sameistani
    illative sameeseeni sameisiini
    sameihini
    adessive sameellani sameillani
    ablative sameeltani sameiltani
    allative sameelleni sameilleni
    essive sameenani sameinani
    translative sameekseni sameikseni
    abessive sameettani sameittani
    instructive
    comitative sameineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative sameesi sameesi
    accusative nom. sameesi sameesi
    gen. sameesi
    genitive sameesi sameidesi
    sameittesi
    partitive samettasi sameitasi
    inessive sameessasi sameissasi
    elative sameestasi sameistasi
    illative sameeseesi sameisiisi
    sameihisi
    adessive sameellasi sameillasi
    ablative sameeltasi sameiltasi
    allative sameellesi sameillesi
    essive sameenasi sameinasi
    translative sameeksesi sameiksesi
    abessive sameettasi sameittasi
    instructive
    comitative sameinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative sameemme sameemme
    accusative nom. sameemme sameemme
    gen. sameemme
    genitive sameemme sameidemme
    sameittemme
    partitive samettamme sameitamme
    inessive sameessamme sameissamme
    elative sameestamme sameistamme
    illative sameeseemme sameisiimme
    sameihimme
    adessive sameellamme sameillamme
    ablative sameeltamme sameiltamme
    allative sameellemme sameillemme
    essive sameenamme sameinamme
    translative sameeksemme sameiksemme
    abessive sameettamme sameittamme
    instructive
    comitative sameinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative sameenne sameenne
    accusative nom. sameenne sameenne
    gen. sameenne
    genitive sameenne sameidenne
    sameittenne
    partitive samettanne sameitanne
    inessive sameessanne sameissanne
    elative sameestanne sameistanne
    illative sameeseenne sameisiinne
    sameihinne
    adessive sameellanne sameillanne
    ablative sameeltanne sameiltanne
    allative sameellenne sameillenne
    essive sameenanne sameinanne
    translative sameeksenne sameiksenne
    abessive sameettanne sameittanne
    instructive
    comitative sameinenne

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    compounds

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    Adjective

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    same (plural sames )

    1. Sami

    Noun

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    same m or f by sense (plural sames )

    1. Sami

    Noun

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    same m (uncountable )

    1. Sami (language)

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    Hadza

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    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    same

    1. (transitive ) to eat
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    Japanese

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    Romanization

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    same

    1. Rōmaji transcription of さめ

    Middle English

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    Etymology 1

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    Noun

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    same

    1. (MS. Cotton Otho C.xiii; Early Middle English , Gloucestershire , Norfolk ) alternative form of schame

    Etymology 2

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    Noun

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    same

    1. alternative form of seym

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Noun

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    same m (definite singular samen , indefinite plural samer , definite plural samene )

    1. Sami; member of the Sami people

    Synonyms

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    References

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    • "same" in The Bokmål Dictionary.

    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Etymology 1

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      From Northern Sami sápmi .

      Noun

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      same m (definite singular samen , indefinite plural samar , definite plural samane )

      1. Sami; member of the Sami people
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      Etymology 2

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      From Old Norse sami . Akin to English same .

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      Determiner

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      same

      1. same
        Eg er framleis den same.
        I am still the same.
      2. no matter
        Det er det same for meg.
        It does not matter to me.
        Same kva som skjer [...]
        No matter what happens [...]
      Derived terms
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      References

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      • "same" in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

      Old English

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-West Germanic *samō ("in the same way; similarly, likewise"), influenced by the related adjective *sam ("same"), from Proto-Germanic *samaz ("same"), *samô (adverb), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *somHós ("same"). (Can this (+) etymology be sourced?)

      Pronunciation

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      Adverb

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      same

      1. in the same way

      Usage notes

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      Typically used in the phrase swā same or swā same swā

      Descendants

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      • Middle English: same (conflated with Old Norse borrowing)

      Old Prussian

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Indo-European *dhéǵhōm ("land, earth").

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      Noun

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      same

      1. earth (element)
      2. earth, ground

      Quotations

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      • Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
        ERde   Same

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      Noun

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      same

      1. vocative singular of samā

      Adjective

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      same

      1. masculine /neuter locative singular of sama
      2. masculine accusative plural of sama
      3. feminine vocative singular of sama

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      Adjective

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      same

      1. nonvirile nominative /accusative /vocative plural of sam

      Swedish

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      Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Etymology

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      From Northern Sami Sámi ,[1] from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ ("land").[2] More at Sápmi and Sami.

      Noun

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      same c

      1. a Sami (person of the Sami people)
        Synonym: (now often derogatory) lapp

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      References

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      1. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), "Same", in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary ), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
      2. ^ https://www.sgr.fi/ct/ct51.html

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      Noun

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      same

      1. the tree Trema amboinensis

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      • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

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