"all the same" meaning in English

See all the same in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-au-all the same.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} all the same (not comparable)
  1. Making no significant difference. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: if it's all the same Related terms: all one, close enough, distinction without a difference, much of a muchness, of a piece, same difference Translations (Translations): aanrlaa (East Central German), samantekevä (Finnish), yhdentekevä (Finnish), einerlei (German), wszystko jedno (Polish), одна́ково (odnákovo) [predicative] (Ukrainian), ба́йду́же (bájdúže) [predicative] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-all_the_same-en-adj-H~zenXTz

Adverb

Audio: en-au-all the same.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} all the same (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: even so, just the same, still, withal, nevertheless Translations (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless): om't ewe (Afrikaans), 還是 (Chinese Mandarin), 还是 (háishì) (Chinese Mandarin), 仍然 (réngrán) (Chinese Mandarin), 依然 (yīrán) (Chinese Mandarin), ep bir (Crimean Tatar), kuitenkin (Finnish), siitä huolimatta (Finnish), yhtä kaikki (Finnish), silti (Finnish), joka tapauksessa (Finnish), néanmoins (French), tout de même (French), quand même (French), trotzdem (German), immerhin (German), mégis (Hungarian), akkor is (Hungarian), attól még (Hungarian), azért (Hungarian), mégiscsak (Hungarian), mar sin féin (Irish), lo stesso (Italian), ugualmente (Italian), comunque (Italian), それでも (sore de mo) (Japanese), やはり (yahari) (Japanese), 依然として (izen to shite) (alt: いぜんとして) (Japanese), quànd-mesme [Guernsey] (Norman), likevel (Norwegian), tross alt (Norwegian), wszystko jedno [neuter] (Polish), mesmo assim (Portuguese), tot (Romanian), totuși (Romanian), всё равно́ (vsjo ravnó) (Russian), тем не ме́нее (tem ne méneje) (Russian), ändå (Swedish), i alla fall (Swedish)
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  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all, same. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-all_the_same-en-adv-~KzCfx41
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      "word": "einerlei"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "wszystko jedno"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "odnákovo",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "predicative"
      ],
      "word": "одна́ково"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bájdúže",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "predicative"
      ],
      "word": "ба́йду́же"
    }
  ],
  "word": "all the same"
}

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    "English adverbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncomparable adverbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
    "Terms with Crimean Tatar translations",
    "Terms with East Central German translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norman translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Translation table header lacks gloss"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "en-adv"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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          "text": "He knew it was risky. He did it all the same.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "It's sleeting. All the same, I'll take the dog out.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, “Cosmic Girl”, in Travelling Without Moving, performed by Jamiroquai:",
          "text": "It's a distant solar system / I tried to phone but they don't list 'em / So I asked her for a number all the same",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless."
      ],
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        [
          "Anyway",
          "anyway"
        ],
        [
          "nevertheless",
          "nevertheless"
        ],
        [
          "nonetheless",
          "nonetheless"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) Anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "even so"
        },
        {
          "word": "just the same"
        },
        {
          "word": "still"
        },
        {
          "word": "withal"
        },
        {
          "word": "nevertheless"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His speeches are all the same.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all, same."
      ],
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        [
          "all",
          "all#English"
        ],
        [
          "same",
          "same#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/En-au-all_the_same.ogg"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "om't ewe"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "還是"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "háishì",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "还是"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "réngrán",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "仍然"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīrán",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "依然"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "ep bir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "kuitenkin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "siitä huolimatta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "yhtä kaikki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "silti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "joka tapauksessa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "néanmoins"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "tout de même"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "quand même"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "trotzdem"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "immerhin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "mégis"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "akkor is"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "attól még"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "azért"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "mégiscsak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "mar sin féin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "lo stesso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "ugualmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "comunque"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sore de mo",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "それでも"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yahari",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "やはり"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いぜんとして",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "izen to shite",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "依然として"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "tags": [
        "Guernsey"
      ],
      "word": "quànd-mesme"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "likevel"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "tross alt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wszystko jedno"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "mesmo assim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "tot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "totuși"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vsjo ravnó",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "всё равно́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tem ne méneje",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "тем не ме́нее"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "ändå"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless",
      "word": "i alla fall"
    }
  ],
  "word": "all the same"
}

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