Same - English meaning

adjective

(of two or more people or things) similar to each other.

Usage examples:

The brothers were very much alike

adverb

In the same or a similar way.

Usage examples:

They dressed alike in black trousers and jackets

adjective

Similar; like each other

Usage examples:

You and your father don’t look very much alike., she received hundreds of letters of support from f…

noun

An exact copy of something

Usage examples:

Fig. the girl is a carbon copy of her mother (= they are very similar).

noun

A copy of a document, made with carbon paper

Usage examples:

When credit cards were first introduced, retailers had to run the card through a hand-held machine …

prefix

(forming nouns) joint; mutual; common.

Usage examples:

Co-driver

abbreviation

Company.

Usage examples:

The consett iron co

abbreviation

Colorado (in official postal use).

adjective

Analogous or equivalent in character, form, or function; comparable.

Usage examples:

The corresponding jamaican word is ‘bada’

verb

Have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly.

Usage examples:

The carved heads described in the poem correspond to a drawing of edgcote house

adjective

Linked or connected in a pair or pairs.

Usage examples:

Coupled images

verb

Link or combine (something) with something else.

Usage examples:

A sense of hope is coupled with a palpable sense of loss

verb

Past simple and past participle of couple

Usage examples:

The sleeping car and restaurant car were coupled together., high inflation coupled with low output …

adjective

Consisting of two equal, identical, or similar parts or things.

Usage examples:

Double doors

predeterminer

Twice as much or as many.

Usage examples:

The jail now houses almost double the number of prisoners it was designed for

adverb

At or to twice the amount or extent.

Usage examples:

You have to be careful, and this counts double for older people

adjective

Exactly like something else, especially through having been copied.

Usage examples:

A duplicate set of keys

noun

One of two or more identical things.

Usage examples:

Books may be disposed of if they are duplicates

verb

Short for duplicate bridge.

adjective

Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.

Usage examples:

One unit is equivalent to one glass of wine

noun

A person or thing that is equal to or corresponds with another in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.

Usage examples:

The french equivalent of the bank of england

adjective

Equal to or having the same effect as something else

Usage examples:

A mile is equivalent to about 1.6 kilometers., a day on the planet mercury is the equivalent of 176…

adjective

Similar in every detail; exactly alike.

Usage examples:

Four girls in identical green outfits

adjective

Exactly the same, or very similar

Usage examples:

The test is identical to the one you took last year., the two sisters dressed identically.

adjective

Not able to be identified as different or distinct.

Usage examples:

The counterfeit bills were virtually indistinguishable from the real thing

adjective

(of two things) able to be interchanged.

Usage examples:

Eyepieces are interchangeable and one can use any eyepiece with any telescope

adjective

Able to be exchanged with each other without making any difference or without being noticed

Usage examples:

Interchangeable machine parts

preposition

Having the same characteristics or qualities as; similar to.

Usage examples:

He used to have a car like mine

conjunction

In the same way that; as.

Usage examples:

People who change countries like they change clothes

noun

Used with reference to a person or thing of the same kind as another.

Usage examples:

The quotations could be arranged to put like with like

adjective

Corresponding in pattern, colour, or design; complementary.

Usage examples:

A blue jacket and matching skirt

verb

Correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious.

Usage examples:

I thought we'd have primrose walls to match the bath

noun

The act of giving or offering the same amount of money as has been given, collected, or offered by someone else

Usage examples:

Price matching is not our usual policy., the matching principle requires that expenses be matched w…

adjective

Occurring in pairs or as a pair.

Usage examples:

A characteristic arrangement of paired fins

verb

Put together or join to form a pair.

Usage examples:

She wore a cardigan paired with a matching skirt

noun

Two things of the same appearance and size that are intended to be used together, or something that consists of two parts joined together

Usage examples:

A pair of gloves/shoes, a pair of pants/scissors, each package contains three pairs of socks., [ t …

adjective

Exactly the same.

Usage examples:

He was standing in the selfsame spot you're filling now

noun

One of two children or animals born at the same birth.

Usage examples:

Experiments were carried out using sets of identical twins

adjective

Forming, or being one of, a pair born at one birth.

Usage examples:

She gave birth to twin boys

verb

Link (a town or district) with another in a different country or cause (two towns or districts) to be linked, for the purposes of friendship and cultural exchange.

Usage examples:

The russian city of kostroma is twinned with durham