Meaning

• Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.

  "Are you the same person who phoned me yesterday?"

• Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.

  "It took all night to find our hotel room, as we forgot our room number and each door looked the same."

• Similar, alike.

  "You have the same hair I do!"

• Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.

  "Round here it can be cloudy and sunny even in the same day."

• A reply of confirmation of identity.

Meaning

• The identical thing, ditto.

  "It's the same everywhere."

• Something similar, something of the identical type.

  "She's having apple pie? I'll have the same.   You two are just the same."

• It or them, without a connotation of similarity.

  "Light valve suspensions and films containing UV absorbers and light valves containing the same (US Patent 5,467,217)"

• (Indian English, common) It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.

  "My picture/photography blog...kindly give me your reviews on the same."

Meaning

• Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.