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

Nearby Shingle Creek overflowed beyond its banks, while water flowing from neighborhoods north of State Road 50 and State Road 408 poured into the same basin serving Orlo Vista. —Greg Bennett, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026

At the same time, the city has promised to begin replacing at least 10,000 every year starting in 2027. —Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026

For the past three decades, Wu has returned to the same street, for the same routine every night. —Catherine Phillips, CNN Money, 24 May 2026

Woolery tacked on an extra run on an RBI double in the seventh and Garcia sealed it with another three-run homer to nearly the same spot. —Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026

Rhymes for the same

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