same

²same

pronoun

Definition of SAME

1

: something identical with or similar to another

2

: something or someone previously mentioned or described —often used with the or a demonstrative (as that, those) in both senses

— all the same or just the same

: despite everything : nevertheless

Examples of SAME

1. “I'll have a coffee with cream and two sugars.” “Make mine the same.”
2. Your idea is the same as his.
3. All of your classmates have begun their projects, and I suggest you do the same.
4. The band's last album was a bunch of bubble-gum pop, and their new release is just more of the same.
5. After the accident, he was never quite the same again.
6. Things would never be the same without you!
7. Things are very much the same as before.

First Known Use of SAME

14th century