SAME


Meaning of SAME in English

■ adjective ( the ~ )

1》 identical; unchanged.

2》 ( this/that ~ ) referring to a person or thing just mentioned.

3》 of an identical type: they all wore the ~ clothes.

■ pronoun

1》 ( the ~ ) the ~ thing as previously mentioned.

↘identical people or things.

2》 the person or thing just mentioned.

■ adverb in the ~ way.

Phrases

all (or just ) the ~ nevertheless.

↘anyway.

at the ~ time

1》 simultaneously.

2》 on the other hand.

~ difference informal no difference.

~ here informal the ~ applies to me.

( the ) ~ to you! may you do or have the ~ thing.

Derivatives

~ness noun

Origin

ME: from ON sami .

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