Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being the very one; identical.
- adjective Similar in kind, quality, quantity, or degree.
- adjective Conforming in every detail.
- adjective Being the one previously mentioned or indicated; aforesaid.
- adverb In the same way.
- pronoun Someone or something identical with another.
- pronoun Someone or something previously mentioned or described.
- idiom (all/just) Notwithstanding; nevertheless.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Together.
- Identical numerically; one in substance; not other; always preceded by the definite article or other definitive word (this or that).
- Of one nature or general character; of one kind, degree, or amount: as, we see in men everywhere the same passions and the same vices; two flames that are the same in temperature; two bodies of the same dimensions; boxes that occupy the same space.
- Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned or denoted: often used for the sake of emphasis or to indicate contempt or vexation.
- However; nevertheless; still; yet: used to introduce a reservation, explanation, or fact not in conflict but in contrast with what has been said.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.
- adjective Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.
- adjective Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
Together . - adjective Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self;
selfsame ; numerically identical. - adjective
Similar ,alike . - adjective Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
- adjective A reply of confirmation of identity.
- pronoun The
identical thing,ditto . - pronoun Something
similar , something of the identicaltype . - pronoun formal
It orthem , without a connotation of similarity.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective same in identity
- adjective equal in amount or value
- noun a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
- adjective closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree
- adjective unchanged in character or nature
- noun the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It's as if the title and article you quoted in your post has now been replaced with a new title and article about the same subject, and the search function using the term "BULLETIN:" on Strieber's site, which pulls up this new article, seems to be in the _same place_ as what I have to presume was the original, belief-biased article.
Posthuman Blues Mac 2007
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This state of affairs would seem to be a case of parallel but nonunified sets of conscious states had by the same subject, in some good sense of the term ˜same subject™.
The Unity of Consciousness Brook, Andrew 2006
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As Locke has it, being the same person just is having the ˜same consciousness™.
The Unity of Consciousness Brook, Andrew 2006
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Obviously not at the same high level that you do, but just the same
Mistress On Demand Cox, Maggie 2005
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- This enemy who tells you that you are both supposed to be worshiping the same white Christian God that-you are told-stands for the _same_ things for _all_ men!
The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964
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Relative clauses referring to the same thing require the same relative pronoun to introduce them; as, _The book THAT we found and the book THAT he lost are the same_.
Practical Grammar and Composition Thomas Wood
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Congress derives its power to suppress this _actual_ insurrection, from the same source whence it derived its power to suppress the _same_ acts in the case _supposed_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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Congress derives its power to suppress this _actual_ insurrection, from the same source whence it derived its power to suppress the _same_ acts in the case _supposed_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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Congress derives its power to suppress this _actual_ insurrection, from the same source whence it derived its power to suppress the _same_ acts in the case _supposed_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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Congress derives its power to suppress this _actual_ insurrection, from the same source whence it derived its power to suppress the _same_ acts in the case _supposed_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word same
“We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.�?
-The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
July 27, 2009