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same

/seɪm/
adjective
  1. Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.

    "Are you the same person who phoned me yesterday?"

  2. Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.

    "It took all night to find our hotel room, as we forgot our room number and each door looked the same."

  3. Similar, alike.

    "You have the same hair I do!"

pronoun
  1. The identical thing, ditto.

    "It's the same everywhere."

  2. Something similar, something of the identical type.

    "She's having apple pie? I'll have the same.   You two are just the same."

  3. It or them, without a connotation of similarity.

    "Light valve suspensions and films containing UV absorbers and light valves containing the same (US Patent 5,467,217)"

interjection
  1. Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.

Synonyms+1, like, this, IAWTP

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