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same (sām)
adjective
- being the very one; identical
- alike in kind, quality, amount, or degree; corresponding: often prefixed to nouns or past participles to form adjectives
- unchanged; not different to look the same as ever
- before-mentioned; just spoken of
Etymology: ME < ON samr, akin to Goth sama, OHG samo, OE same < IE *som-, var. of base *sem-, one, together, with > Sans saṃ, Gr homōs, alike, L simul, at the same time, similis, like
pronoun
the same person or thing: usually with the, this, or that
adverb
in the same way; in like manner: usually with the
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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