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[seɪm]

grammar word summary: Same can be: ■ an adjective: We both went to the same school. ■ a pronoun: I'd do the same if I had the chance. ■ an adverb: The twins always dress the same.

1) the same used for saying that a particular person or thing is the one that you are referring to, and not a different one

We were staying at the same hotel as our parents.[/ex]

Was this the same Timothy Evans that Carol had been at school with?[/ex]

I was born on the very same day that my father died.[/ex]

2) the same exactly like another person, thing, or way of doing something

She did not want to make the same mistake again.[/ex]

The two pictures look the same to me – I can't tell them apart.[/ex]

Her eyes are the same colour as yours.[/ex]

3) the same used for saying that someone or something has not changed

The Government's policy has remained the same since 1991.[/ex]

‘How is Frances?' ‘Oh, she's still the same as always.'[/ex]

The countryside looks much the same as it did 200 years ago.[/ex]

4) the same used for saying that one number, amount, price etc is equal to another

The four sides of a square are all the same length.[/ex]

One centimetre is the same as ten millimetres.[/ex]

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all / just the same — spoken despite what has been mentioned[/ex]

I'm sure he's safe, but all the same, I wish he'd come home.[/ex]

at the same time — 1) used for saying that two or more things happen together[/ex]

The show will make you laugh and cry at the same time.[/ex]

— 2) used for introducing another fact or opinion that needs to be considered as well as the one that has just been stated

I want to work hard for my family, but at the same time I want to spend time with them.[/ex]

same here — spoken used for saying that you agree or that you have the same feeling[/ex]

'I've been looking forward to meeting you.' 'Same here.'[/ex]

the same old ... — familiar and not new or exciting[/ex]

Politicians repeat the same old phrases every election.[/ex]

See:

boat

Other ways of saying same ■ alike almost the same ■ constant remaining at the same level ■ equal/equivalent at the same level, or the same in quality or quantity ■ identical exactly the same, with no differences ■ similar almost the same, but with small differences