same

  1. Adverb.  (obsolete, or) Together.
  2. Adjective.  Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical.
  3. Adjective.  Similar, alike.
  4. Adjective.  Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
  5. Adjective.  A reply of confirmation of identity.
  6. Pronoun.  The identical thing, ditto.
  7. Pronoun.  Something similar, something of the identical type.
  8. Pronoun.  (formal, often) It or them, without a connotation of similarity.

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