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adjective

identical with what is about to be or has just been mentioned.
This street is the same one we were on yesterday.
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being one or identical though having different names, aspects, etc..
These are the same rules though differently worded.
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agreeing in kind, amount, etc.; corresponding.
two boxes of the same dimensions.
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unchanged in character, condition, etc..
It's the same town after all these years.

pronoun

the same person or thing.
the same kind or category of thing.
You're having steak? I'll have the same, but very rare.
the very person, thing, or set just mentioned.
Sighted sub sank same.
the same, in the same manner; in an identical or similar way.
I see the same through your glasses as I do through mine.

same

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adjective

being the very one
she is wearing the same hat she wore yesterday
1. being the one previously referred to; aforesaid
2. ( as noun )
  a note received about same
1. identical in kind, quantity, etc
  two girls of the same age
2. ( as noun )
  we'd like the same, please
unchanged in character or nature
his attitude is the same as ever
1. Also: just the same.��nevertheless; yet
2. immaterial
  it's all the same to me

adverb

in an identical manner

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Usage

The use of same exemplified in if you send us your order for the materials, we will deliver same tomorrow is common in business and official English. In general English, however, this use of the word is avoided: may I borrow your book? I'll return it (not same ) tomorrow

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of same¹

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English; Old English same (adverb); cognate with Old Norse samr, Greek ��ǳ�ó��, Sanskrit ��á

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of same¹

C12: from Old Norse samr; related to Old English adverbial phrase swā same likewise, Gothic sama, Latin similis, Greek homos same

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

all the same,
1. notwithstanding; nevertheless.
  You don't have to go but we wish you would, all the same.
2. of no difference; immaterial.
  It's all the same to me whether our team loses or wins.
just the same,
1. in the same manner.
2. nevertheless.
  It was a success, but it could easily have failed, just the same.

In addition to the idioms beginning with same, also see all the same; amount to the same thing; at the same time; by the same token; cast in the same mold; great minds (run in the same channel); in the same boat; in the same breath; in the same league; one and the same; on the same wavelength.

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Synonym Study

Same, similar agree in indicating a correspondence between two or more things. Same means alike in kind, degree, quality; that is, identical (with): to eat the same food every day; at the same price. Similar means like, resembling, having certain qualities in common, somewhat the same as, of nearly the same kind as: similar in appearance; Don't treat them as if they were the same when they are only similar.

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Example Sentences

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Besides sourcing its beans from northern farmers and farming cooperatives, Bucher and his chocolate makers do the same for the ingredients blended into the bars.

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There were concerns, however, over the impact on the grass courts, with the men's tournament beginning at the same venue on Monday.

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Appearing on the same programme, shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride said the decision to launch the inquiry should have happened "far, far earlier".

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On the same March 3 morning, the county asked for help identifying a wisp-thin elderly man with a grizzled beard and swollen black eye who’d been found in Monterey Park’s Edison Trails Park.

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“But at the same time we have to be with them in these important moments in life.”

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