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English Idioms :: same
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same - See: AT THE SAME TIME, ALL THE SAME, or JUST THE SAME, IN THE SAME BREATH, LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE, ONE AND THE SAME. |
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Traditional English :: same
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same - adj., pron., & adv. --adj. 1 (often prec. by the) identical; not different; unchanged (everyone was looking in the same direction; the same car was used in another crime; saying the same thing over and over).
2 unvarying, uniform, monotonous (the same old story).
3 (usu. prec. by this, these, that, those) (of a person or thing) previously alluded to; just mentioned; aforesaid (this same man was later my husband). --pron. (prec. by the)
1 the same person or thing (the others asked for the same).
2 Law or archaic the person or thing just mentioned (detected the youth breaking in and apprehended the same). --adv. (usu. prec. by the) similarly; in the same way (we all feel the same; I want to go, the same as you do). all (or just) the same 1 emphatically the same.
2 in spite of changed conditions, adverse circumstances, etc. (but you should offer, all the same). at the same time 1 simultaneously.
2 notwithstanding; in spite of circumstances etc. be all (or just) the same to an expression of indifference or impartiality (it's all the same to me what we do). by the same token see TOKEN . same here colloq. the same applies to me. the same to you! may you do, have, find, etc., the same thing; likewise. the very same emphatically the same. sameness n. [ME f. ON sami, sama, with Gmc cognates] |
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Related Words
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never
be
again
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sex
marriage
amendment
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bans
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cons
day
delivery
debate
flower
dentures
difference
trae
thing
different
script
cast
direction
hoobastank
joey
mcintyre
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old
lang
syne
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time
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led
zeppelin
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Most Often Usage
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never be the same again
against same sex marriage
same sex marriage amendment
argument against same sex marriage
same sex marriage bans
pro and cons of same sex marriage
same day delivery
same sex marriage debate
same day flower delivery
same day dentures
same difference
trae same thing different day
same script different cast
same direction
hoobastank same direction
joey mcintyre stay the same
same old lang syne
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