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SAME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula
Synonyms:
Lapp; Saame; Saami; Same; Sami
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Same" is a kind of...):
Lappic; Lappish (any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assumed to be Uralic languages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
Synonyms:
Lapp; Lapplander; Saame; Saami; Same; Sami
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Same" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Holonyms ("Same" is a member of...):
Lapland; Lappland (a region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unchanged in character or nature
Example:
his attitude is the same as ever
Classified under:
Similar:
unchanged (not made or become different)
Derivation:
sameness (the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Equal in amount or value
Example:
the same number
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Also:
equal (having the same quantity, value, or measure as another)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree
Example:
the same day next year
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
synoptic; synoptical (presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament)
one (of the same kind or quality)
identical; indistinguishable (exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different)
homophonic (having the same sound)
duplicate (identically copied from an original)
cookie-cutter (having the same appearance (as if mass-produced))
comparable; corresponding; like (conforming in every respect)
assonant (having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables)
Also:
like; similar (resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination)
equal (having the same quantity, value, or measure as another)
similar (marked by correspondence or resemblance)
unvaried; unvarying (lacking variety)
Attribute:
sameness (the quality of being alike)
Antonym:
different (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree)
Derivation:
sameness (the quality of being alike)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Same in identity
Example:
on the same side of the street
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
aforementioned; aforesaid; said (being the one previously mentioned or spoken of)
identical; selfsame; very (being the exact same one; not any other:)
Antonym:
other (not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied)
Context examples:
Sure enough, smaller tracks of the same general form were running parallel to the large ones.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A process that analyzes data from different studies done about the same subject.
(Meta-analysis, NCI Dictionary)
A term that is currently used to define non-blood adult stem cells from a variety of tissues, although it is not clear that mesenchymal stem cells from different tissues are the same.
(Mesenchymal stem cells, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
This term may also refer to a legal drug used for the same purpose.
(Medicine, NCI Dictionary)
MCI memory problems may include: • Losing things often • Forgetting to go to events and appointments • Having more trouble coming up with words than other people of the same age
(Mild Cognitive Impairment, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
Occurring at nearly the same time.
(Metasynchronous, NCI Dictionary)
He and the squire were very thick and friendly, but I soon observed that things were not the same between Mr. Trelawney and the captain.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
At the same moment Mr. Crawford, approaching Julia, said, “I hope I am not to lose my companion, unless she is afraid of the evening air in so exposed a seat.”
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
To come into the same room with him, or to meet him at the door, was to take heart of life.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The ground-work of that stool, and Peggotty's complexion appeared to me to be one and the same thing.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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