same Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
    Saame; Lapp; Sami; Saami; Lapplander.
  2. noun the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula
    Saame; Lapp; Sami; Saami.
  3. adjective same in identity
    • the same man I saw yesterday
    • never wore the same dress twice
    • this road is the same one we were on yesterday
    • on the same side of the street
  4. adjective closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree
    • curtains the same color as the walls
    • two girls of the same age
    • mother and son have the same blue eyes
    • animals of the same species
    • the same rules as before
    • two boxes having the same dimensions
    • the same day next year
  5. adjective equal in amount or value
    like.
    • like amounts
    • equivalent amounts
    • the same amount
    • gave one six blows and the other a like number
    • the same number
  6. adjective satellite unchanged in character or nature
    • the village stayed the same
    • his attitude is the same as ever

WordNet

Same adjective
Etymology
AS. same. adv.; akin to OS. sama, samo, adv., OHG. sam, a., sama, adv., Icel. samr, a., Sw. samme, samma, Dan. samme, Goth. sama, Russ. samui, Gr. , Skr. sama, Gr. like, L. simul at the same time, similis like, and E. some, a., -some. Cf. Anomalous, Assemble, Homeopathy, Homily, Seem, v. i., Semi-, Similar, Some.
Definitions
  1. Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.
    Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. Ps. cii. 27.
  2. Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.
    The ethereal vigor is in all the same. Dryden.
  3. Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned.
    What ye know, the same do I know. Job. xiii. 2.
    Do but think how well the same he spends, Who spends his blood his country to relieve. Daniel.
    ✍ Same is commonly preceded by the, this, or that and is often used substantively as in the citations above. In a comparative use it is followed by as or with.
    Bees like the same odors as we do. Lubbock.
    [He] held the same political opinions with his illustrious friend. Macaulay.

Webster 1913