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Same

adjective

1.

Same in identity. "Never wore the same dress twice" , "This road is the same one we were on yesterday" , "On the same side of the street"

2.

Closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree. "Two girls of the same age" , "Mother and son have the same blue eyes" , "Animals of the same species" , "The same rules as before" , "Two boxes having the same dimensions" , "The same day next year"

3.

Equal in amount or value. Synonym: like. "Equivalent amounts" , "The same amount" , "Gave one six blows and the other a like number" , "The same number"

4.

Unchanged in character or nature. "His attitude is the same as ever"

noun

1.

A member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer. Synonyms: Lapp, Lapplander, Saame, Saami, Sami.

2.

The language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula. Synonyms: Lapp, Saame, Saami, Sami.

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