Matching (4 letters)

{ Answer }

SAME

{ Related Clues }

Aforementioned
All the ___
Changeless
Cloned
Corresponding
"Ditto"
Ditto
Equal
Identical
Indistinguishable
Unchanged
Very
Common order, with "the"
"___ here" ("Ditto")
"Me, too"
Previously said
Updike's "The ___ Door"
Common bar order, with "the"
Like look-alikes
Old story's beginning?
"The ___ Old Moon," 1927 song

{ Tags }

aforementioned, bar, corresponding, ditto, door, equal, equivalent, here, identical, indistinguishable, like, matching, old, order, restaurant, same, sank, time, unaltered, unchanged, very

{ Notes }

The answer SAME is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.

{ Definition }

SAME as a noun:

1. (Lapp, Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame) = a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer

2. (Lapp, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame) = the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula

SAME as an adjective:

1. same in identity; "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"

2. closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "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"

3. (like, equal, equivalent, same) = equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "an equal number"; "the same number"

4. unchanged in character or nature; "the village stayed the same"; "his attitude is the same as ever"