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same
Pronunciation: (sām), [key]—
adj.
1. identical with what is about to be or has just been mentioned:
This street is the same one we were on yesterday.
2. being one or identical though having different names, aspects, etc.:
These are the same rules though differently worded.
3. agreeing in kind, amount, etc.; corresponding:
two boxes of the same dimensions.
4. unchanged in character, condition, etc.:
It's the same town after all these years.
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pron.
1. the same person or thing.
2. the same kind or category of thing:
You're having steak? I'll have the same, but very rare.
3. the very person, thing, or set just mentioned:
Sighted sub sank same.
4. all the same,
a. notwithstanding; nevertheless:
You don't have to go but we wish you would, all the same.
b. of no difference; immaterial:
It's all the same to me whether our team loses or wins.
5. just the same,
a. in the same manner.
b. nevertheless:
It was a success, but it could easily have failed, just the same.
6. the same,in the same manner; in an identical or similar way:
I see the same through your glasses as I do through mine. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
