same

CEFRA1

/seɪm/

adjective

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Exactly like another person or thing, with no difference.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.

Examples

  • I can only wonder if this is the same for everyone else.

  • Maybe it will be exactly the same for him.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [sɛːm]

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Similar, alike.

  2. Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.

  3. Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.

More examples

In context

  • We have lived in the same house for twenty years.

  • 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.

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Origin

adjective

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”). U...