noun
- A member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer.
- synonyms: Lapp, Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Saame
- The language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
adjective
- Same in identity.
- usage: "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street"
- Closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree.
- usage: "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.
- usage: "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number"
- synonyms: like
- Unchanged in character or nature.
- usage: "the village stayed the same"; "his attitude is the same as ever"
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