same

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /seɪm/
• SAMPA: /seIm/

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Adjective

Positive same

Comparative none

Superlative none

Two brothers who look the same as each other

1. Two things are the same if the two things have one size, and one shape, and one color, etc.
   • Synonym: equal
   • Antonyms: different and opposite

   Sometimes we wear the same shirt.

2. The one that was talked about before. A thing is the same thing if there are not two things, there is only one.

   That man there is the same man I saw yesterday.

Related words

• sameness