Betekenis van same In het Nederlands

• 0 exactly like another or each other:

  • My twin sister and I have the same nose.

  • She was wearing exactly the same dress as I was.

  • Hilary's the same age as me.

  • She brought up her children in just (= exactly) the same way her mother did.

• 1 not another different place, time, situation, person, or thing:

  • My brother and I sleep in the same room.

  • Rachel's still going out with the same boyfriend.

  • That (very) same day, he heard he'd passed his exams.

  • I would do the same thing again if I had the chance.

  • They eat at the same restaurant every week.

  • Shall we meet up at the same time tomorrow?

• 2 exactly like:

  • People say I look just the same as my sister.

  • John thinks the same as I do - it's just too expensive.

  • After all these years you look exactly the same - you haven't changed a bit.

  • Charles is just the same as always.

• 3 not another different thing or situation:

  • I'm terrible at physics, and it's the same with chemistry - I get it all wrong.

  • "Was that Marion on the phone?" "The (very) same."

• 4 in the same way:

  • We treat all our children the same.

  • I need some time to myself, the same as anybody else.

• 5 exactly like another or each other:

  • My sister and I have the same color hair.

  • Our grades were exactly the same.

  • They are all the same, these "in-town" events.

• 6 this one; not another, different one:

  • She keeps saying the same thing over and over.

  • Production is down by 80% from the same period last year.

  • She started studying languages and became interested in travel at the same time.

• 7 exactly alike, or not changed:

  • Life was never the same again once the children started school.

  • It took longer to lose weight the second time, even though my diet was exactly the same.