same (adj.)

  1. 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'

  2. 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'

  3. equal in amount or value; like amounts; equivalent amounts; the same amount; gave one six blows and the other a like number; the same number

    [ Syn: like ]

    Same (n.)

  1. a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer

    [ Syn: lapp , lapplander , sami , saami , same , saame ]

  2. the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula

    [ Syn: lapp , sami , saami , same , saame ]

    same (adj.)

  1. unchanged in character or nature; the village stayed the same; his attitude is the same as ever'

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