Tra từ same - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

same adjective, pronoun, adverb BrE [seɪm] NAmE [seɪm]
adjective
1. exactly the one or ones referred to or mentioned; not different
• We have lived in the same house for twenty years.
• Our children go to the same school as theirs.
•She's still the same fun-loving person that I knew at college.
•This one works in exactly the same way as the other.
•They both said much the same thing.
•He used the very same (= exactly the same) words.
•I resigned last Friday and left that same day.
2. exactly like the one or ones referred to or mentioned
• I bought the same car as yours (= another car of that type).
• She was wearing the same dress that I had on.
•The same thing happened to me last week.
Rem: Most idioms containing same are at the entries for the nouns and verbs in the idioms, for example be in the same boat is at boat.

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse sami, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit sama, Greek homos.

Thesaurus:
the
same adj.
•The same thing happened to me last week.
identical • • equal • • uniform • • indistinguishable • • synonymous •
Opp: different
exactly the same/identical/equal/synonymous
almost the same/identical/equal/uniform/indistinguishable/synonymous
roughly the same/equal/synonymous

Example Bank:
•In his work, form and meaning are one and the same.
•That's not quite the same thing, is it?
•They both taste just the same to me.
•Your dress is nearly the same as mine.
•Your new job will be essentially the same as your old one.
•We can do the two things at one and the same time.
Idioms: ↑all the same ▪ ↑all the same to somebody ▪ ↑one and the same ▪ ↑same again ▪ ↑same here ▪ ↑same old, same old ▪ ↑same to you

pronoun
1. the ~ (as…) the same thing or things
• I would do the same again.
• I think the same as you do about this.
•Just do the same as me (= as I do).
•His latest movie is just more of the same — exotic locations, car chases and a final shoot-out.
• (informal)‘I'll have coffee.’ ‘Same for me, please (= I will have one too).’
2. the ~ (as…) having the same number, colour, size, quality, etc
• There are several brands and they're not all the same.
• I'd like one the same as yours.
3. the same (BrE)the same person
•‘Was that George on the phone?’ ‘The same (= yes, it was George).’

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse sami, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit sama, Greek homos.

adverb (usually the same)
in the same way
• We treat boys exactly the same as girls.
• (informal) He gave me five dollars, same as usual.

Word Origin:
[same] Middle English: from Old Norse sami, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit sama, Greek homos.