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samemore about same

same

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Same  \Same\,  a.  [AS.  same  adv.;  akin  to  OS  sama,  samo,  adv., 
  OHG.  sam,  a.,  sama,  adv.,  Icel.  samr,  a.,  Sw  samme,  samma, 
  Dan.  samme,  Goth.  sama,  Russ.  samuii  Gr  ?,  Skr.  sama,  Gr  ? 
  like  L.  simul  at  the  same  time,  similis  like  and  E.  some 
  a.,  -some.  [root]191.  Cf  {Anomalous},  {Assemble}, 
  {Homeopathy},  {Homily},  {Seem},  v.  i.,  {Semi-},  {Similar}, 
  {Some}.] 
  1.  Not  different  or  other  not  another  or  others  identical; 
  unchanged. 
 
  Thou  art  the  same  and  thy  years  shall  have  no  end 
  --Ps.  cii.  27. 
 
  2.  Of  like  kind  species,  sort,  dimensions,  or  the  like  not 
  differing  in  character  or  in  the  quality  or  qualities 
  compared;  corresponding;  not  discordant;  similar;  like 
 
  The  ethereal  vigor  is  in  all  the  same  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  Just  mentioned,  or  just  about  to  be  mentioned. 
 
  What  ye  know  the  same  do  I  know  --Job.  xiii. 
  2. 
 
  Do  but  think  how  well  the  same  he  spends,  Who  spends 
  his  blood  his  country  to  relieve.  --Daniel. 
 
  Note:  Same  is  commonly  preceded  by  the  this  or  that  and  is 
  often  used  substantively  as  in  the  citations  above.  In 
  a  comparative  use  it  is  followed  by  as  or  with 
 
  Bees  like  the  same  odors  as  we  do  --Lubbock. 
 
  [He]  held  the  same  political  opinions  with  his 
  illustrious  friend.  --Macaulay. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  same 
  adj  1:  same  in  identity;  "the  same  man  I  saw  yesterday";  "never 
  wore  the  same  dress  twice";  "this  road  is  the  same  one 
  we  were  on  yesterday";  "on  the  same  side  of  the 
  street"  [ant:  {other}] 
  2:  closely  similar  or  comparable  in  kind  or  quality  or  quantity 
  or  degree;  "  "curtains  the  same  color  as  the  walls";  "two 
  girls  of  the  same  age";  "mother  and  son  have  the  same  blue 
  eyes";  "animals  of  the  same  species";  "the  same  rules  as 
  before";  "two  boxes  having  the  same  dimensions";  "the  same 
  day  next  year"  [ant:  {different}] 
  3:  equal  in  amount  or  value;  "like  amounts";  "equivalent 
  amounts";  "the  same  amount";  "gave  one  six  blows  and  the 
  other  a  like  number";  "an  equal  number";  "the  same  number" 
  [syn:  {like},  {equal},  {equivalent}]  [ant:  {unlike}] 
  4:  unchanged  in  character  or  nature;  "the  village  stayed  the 
  same";  "his  attitude  is  the  same  as  ever"  [syn:  {same(p)}] 
  adv  :  in  the  same  manner;  "you  get  treated  fairly,  same  as  any 
  other  student  in  this  course!" 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  SAME 
 
  {Standard  ANSI  Module  language  with  Extensions}




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