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same (iou)



same adjective, pronoun, noun, & adverb. ME.
[Old Norse same masc., sama fem., neut. = Old High German, Gothic sama from Germanic adjective from Indo-European, whence also Sanskrit sama, Greek homos (see HOMO-). Superseded ILK adjective1 & pronoun1 and SELF pronoun, adjective, & noun in general use.]
Usu. preceded by the.
A. adjective.
Identical with what is indicated in the following context. (Foll. by as, that, when, where, etc.; (arch.) with.) ME.
T. Hardy She was intending to go back by the same carrier who had brought her. L. Durrell He had made the same judgements..as we were later to make. G. Greene My father and mother were both killed on the same night that I lost my hand. A. Thwaite Wearing the same clothes he had worn..earlier.
Identical with what has been indicated in the preceding context. ME.
D. Eden Wrap it up an post it the same way. Daily Telegraph Under the same amendment the Government has agreed that..a list should be provided.
b. that same, this same, those same, etc., (of a thing or person) previously alluded to, just mentioned, aforesaid. ME.
Sir W. Scott If this same Palmer will lead me From hence.
Of a thing or person: that is the one identical thing or person, although designated by different names, standing in different relations, or related to different subjects or objects. LME.
C. Isherwood Let's hope they will..die in the same hour of the same night. M. Amis Mr. Riding and my father were the same age. D. Leavitt They dancedthe only same sex couple on the floor.
a. Chiefly pred. Of a thing or person: sharing identical attributes with another, itself, or him- or herself at a different time; exactly agreeing in amount, quality, operation, etc. Also, unchanged, unvarying; uniform, monotonous. M17.
W. H. Prescott Bigotry is the same in every faith and every age. S. J. Perelman I am still the same springy kid. F. Tuohy Other blocks, all exactly the same, blotted out the distances. T. Roethke Nothing new here: the same themes, the same waitresses, the same jokes. Traveller Ghoul means the same in Arabic.
b. Corresponding in relative position. L17.
I. Murdoch Company or no company, she came always at the same hour.
pred. Equally acceptable or unacceptable; no different. Chiefly in all the same, just the same. Foll. by to. E19.
S. Delaney If you want to go back there it's all the same to me.
Phrases: (A selection of cross-refs. only is included: see esp. other nouns.) at the same time: see TIME noun. by the same token: see TOKEN noun. from the same stable: see STABLE noun1 2b. INDIVIDUALLY the same. in the same boat: see BOAT noun 1. in the same measure: see MEASURE noun. much the same similar, approximately the same. not in the same street with: see STREET noun. of the same leaven: see LEAVEN noun. one and the same: see ONE adjective, noun, & pronoun. same but different colloq. almost the same, subtly different. same difference colloq. no difference, the same thing. sing the same song: see SING verb1. speak the same language, talk the same language: see LANGUAGE noun1. the very same, the same very exactly or emphatically the same. under the same roof: see ROOF noun.
b. pronoun & noun.
The same person or persons. ME.
The same thing. ME.
New Scientist The same holds for the..habits of baboons.
The aforesaid person, thing, or things; the person, thing, or things in question; loosely he, she, it, they. Now chiefly Law & Commerce. LME.
S. Weyman To addressing one hundred circulars, one guinea..To wafering the same, half a guinea. G. W. Turner Put the tailboard up and secure same with a length of wire.
Used pleonastically for emphasis after a demonstrative. L16-E17.
Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet What a pestilent knave is this same!
Linguistics. In pl. Utterances or parts of utterances that are identical. M20.
Phrases: same again, the same again another, esp. another drink, of the same kind as the last. same here colloq. I agree, my case is similar. same to you, the same to you may you do, have, find, etc., likewise.
C. adverb.
Together, mutually; with one accord; into one group. ME-L15.
In the same manner; similarly; just as. M18.
George Eliot You'll never think the same of me again. M. Lowry He knows bloody well same as myself it doesn't pay to shout and be unkind.
b. the same, = all the same below. obsolete exc. poet. L18.
Phrases: all the same in spite of what has been mentioned; even if circumstances had been otherwise; nevertheless, notwithstanding. just the same (a) in an identical manner; (b) = all the same above. same like dial. or joc. just like, the same as, in the same manner as.