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say it: saym
same is an adjective and noun meaning "same in identity". It is pronounced /ˈseɪm/ — saym. It carries 6 recorded senses.
closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree
“curtains the same color as the walls”
“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”
equal in amount or value
“like amounts”
“equivalent amounts”
“the same amount”
“gave one six blows and the other a like number”
“the same number”
unchanged in character or nature
“the village stayed the same”
“his attitude is the same as ever”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for same come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.