the same

noun

1

: someone or something that is exactly like another person or thing being discussed or referred to

He ordered the salmon, and I had the same.

All of your classmates have begun their projects, and I suggest you do the same.

The band's last album was a bunch of bubble-gum pop, and their new release is just more of the same.

2

: exactly like each other or very similar to each other

The lunch specials are always the same.

No two fingerprints are ever the same.

3

: someone or something that has not changed : something that is exactly like it was at an earlier time

After the accident, he was never quite the same again.

Things would never be the same without you!

Examples of the same in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An American Airlines flight headed to Bermuda aborted its takeoff in Miami Saturday evening after a business jet entered the same runway, getting as close as a third of a mile apart at one point. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 28 June 2026

Under state law, any single gift — or multiple gifts from the same source that add up to $50 or more during the annual period — must be disclosed. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026

Colombia is trying its luck from distance, but Costa has been equal to each shot, first punching away Jefferson Lerma's rocket from the right, about 25 yards out, and then shuffling his feet to his left and catching Jhon Arias's shot from about the same distance. — Nbc News, NBC news, 28 June 2026

The dealership service tech could not get the same alert to come on for him. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 28 June 2026

Rhymes for the same

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