All The Same

Definition: All The Same

All The Same

Adverb

1. Despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go".

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Synonyms: All The Same

Equality

Equivalent, tantamount; indistinguishable; quits; homologous; synonymous; resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad as long, neither more nor less.; much the same as, the same thing as, as good as; all one, all the same; equipollent, equiponderant, equiponderous, equibalanced; equalized; Verb: drawn; half and half; isochronal, isochronous isoperimetric, isoperimetrical; isobath, isobathic.

Insensibility

Phrase: never mind; macht nichts, it is of no consequence; (unimportant); it cannot be helped; nothing coming amiss; it is all the same to, it is all one to.

Crosswords: All The Same

Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

But I've named them all the same name, and there's terrible confusion. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

It's the one thing that makes us all the same. (Titus; writing credit: Karl-Heinz K�fer)

Gay, straight. it's all the same! (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

It's all the same crap! (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

What's my sex, what's my name, all in all it's all the same. (Tuesday's Dead; performing artist: Cat Stevens)

You know they're all the same, (The Middle; performing artist: Jimmy Eat World)

It's All The Same To Me Love (No More Lonely Nights; performing artist: Paul McCartney)

Rows of houses that are all the same (Pleasant Valley Sunday; performing artist: The Monkees)

We're all the same (Simple Game; performing artist: The Moody Blues)

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Books

• Come And Abide (We Are All The Same Inside) (reference)

• I never trailed my coat : (but found trouble all the same) (reference)

• Quinolones Are Not All the Same Different Safety Profiles for Specific Compounds: Roundtable Discussion Held in Conjunction With the 10th European co (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another; there being nothing more evident, than that creatures of the same species and rank, promiscuously born to all the same advantages of nature, and the use of the same faculties, should also be equal one amongst another without subordination or subjection, unless the lord and master of them all should, by any manifest declaration of his will, set one above another, and confer on him, by an evident and clear appointment, an undoubted right to dominion and sovereignty. (Second Treatise of Government)

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It was all the same to him.

It is all the same, I tell Blacheville that I adore him.

But all the same it was queer what Athy said and the way he said it.

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Economic History

Ukraine

Foreign licensed banks may carry out all the same activities as domestic banks and there is no ceiling on their participation in the banking system. (references)

Uzbekistan

Foreign investors do face all the same bureaucratic processes that plague all businesses in Uzbekistan, such as business registration, import contract registration, and licensing and customs delays. (references)

Political Economy

Brazil

All the same, the fractious opposition has no clear candidate that could unite their various interests. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "all the same": be all the same ♦ it is all the same to ♦ it's all the same to me ♦ thanks all the same. Additional references.

Afrikaans

ewe (a, a few minutes, a moment, a while, alike, all, equally, likewise, momentarily). (various references)

Albanian

pavarësisht (regardless of), nuk ka rëndësi (all one to me), nuk është rëndësishëm, megjithatë (after all, at the same time, even so, for all that, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding), gjithashtu edhe për ju (same to you). (various references)

Arabic 

‏رغم ذلك. (various references)

Bulgarian 

въпреки това (after all, even though, nevertheless, nonetheless, still, though, yet), все пак (after all, however, notwithstanding, still, tho', though, yet). (various references)

Czech

přesto (after all, even so, in spite of, nevertheless, notwithstanding, regardless, still, yet), přece však, přece jenom. (various references)

Dutch

gelýkelýk (alike, equally), gelýk (alike, at the same time, equal, equally, even, flat, level, smooth), evenzeer (alike, also, equally, likewise, too), even (alike, equally, even, just, likewise, momentarily, so, such, that, thus). (various references)

Esperanto

egale (alike, equally). (various references)

Finnish

samantekevä. (various references)

French

tout de même, pourtant, malgré tout, malgré. (various references)

German

trotzdem (anyhow, even so, just the same, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, though, yet), schnurz (all one), schnuppe (shooting star), immerhin (after all, anyhow, at any rate, at least, certainly, indeed, rather, surely), gleich (again, alike, at once, conforming, equal, equally, equivalent, even, fitting, identic, identical, identically, immediately, in a jiffy, in a minute, in a moment, instantaneous, instantly, just, level, like, likewise, now, outright, pair, parallel, promptly, right, right away, right now, same, similar, soon, straight away, the same, uniform, uniformly, without delay), einerlei (monotony), egal (all one, equal, even, identic, identical, level, the same, wherever), doch (accordingly, actually, after all, anyway, but, but still, consequently, except, however, nevertheless, really, so, still, then, therefore, though, yes, yet). (various references)

Hebrew 

אף על פי כן (however, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still), בין כך ובין כך (anyhow, anyway). (various references)

Hungarian

mindegy (it's all one, it's all the same, it's just the same, just the same, never mind), egyforma (alike, equable, equal to, evenly proportioned share, level, much of a muchness, stereotyped, uniform). (various references)

Italian

ugualmente (alike, equally, evenly, just the same, likewise, the like). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

たらし込む (bump, drop-by-drop, even so, lump, nevertheless, protuberance, so, swelling, tending to be, therefore, to cajole, to deceive, to seduce, wanting to be). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

� からって (even so, nevertheless). (various references)

Manx

son shen as ooilley, myr shen hene (even so). (various references)

Pig Latin

allay ethay amesay

Portuguese

a mesma coisa (same, so, the same, the same thing), todavia (but, however, howsoever, just the same, nevertheless, still, though, yet), contudo (although, but, however, howsoever, nevertheless, notwithstanding, still, though, withal, yet). (various references)

Romanian

vã mulţumesc totuşi, totuna, totuşi (anyway, anywise, at all, but, for all that, however, natheless, nevertheless, notwithstanding, still, though, yet), indiferent (all one, anywhere, apathetic, apathetical, careless, chill, cool, dull, impassive, indifferent, indifferently, inhuman, insensible, insensitive, lackadaisical, languid, listless, nonchalant, numb, perfunctory, phlegmatic, pococurante, reckless, remiss, slack, slow, sluggish, stolid, unconcerned, unimportant, unmoved), cu toate acestea (anyway, anywise, but, for all that, howbeit, natheless, nevertheless, notwithstanding, though, yet). (various references)

Russian 

тем не менее (albeit, however, just the same, nevertheless, none the less, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still), безразлично (all one, it makes no difference, lightly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

svejedno, isto (also, ditto, similarly, too). (various references)

Spanish

a pesar de todo (considering, regardless, still, yet), sin embargo (anyhow, anyway, but, however, just the same, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still, though). (various references)

Swedish

på samma sätt (alike, same, similarly), i alla fall (al least, any way, anyhow, anyway, at any rate, in all cases, in any case), ändå (accordingly, after all, consequently, even now, even so, even then, nevertheless, so, still, then, therefore, yet), ända (accomodate, bit, butt, conclusion, end, ending, fag end, finish, heel, piece, posterior, rear, right, switch, terminate, termination, tip). (various references)

Turkish

yine de (after all, at any rate, at the same time, but then, considering, even so, howbeit, just, nevertheless, none the less, nonetheless, nontheless, notwithstanding, still, though, yet), hepsi bir, farketmez (it doesn't matter, it makes no matter, same, the same), baxabax (alike, equal, equally, even, level). (various references)

Ukrainian

всеж-таки, байдуже (all one, aloof, blankly, cold-bloodedly, indifferently, vacantly). (various references)

tam. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: maleates.

-3 letters: altheas, hamates, hamlets, helmets, hematal, lethals, malates, maleate, mallees, mallets, maltase, malthas, tamales.

-4 letters: alates, allees, almahs, almehs, althea, asthma, elates, haemal, halest, halmas, hamals, hamate, hamlet, haslet, helmet, lamest, lathes, lethal, lethes, llamas, malate, mallee, mallet, maltha, matsah, measle, meatal, metals, sallet, samlet, shelta, stelae, stella, tamale, tamals, teasel, themes.

+5 letters: hemoflagellates, metallographers, metallographies.