their meaning/meanings

[sb70012]

1. They have same meanings.
2. They have same meaning.
3. Their meanings are the same.
4. Their meaning is the same.

Hello,
Would you please be kind enough to check my above examples?
Are they correct? Same meaning?

Thank you

 

[bhaisahab]

1. They have same meanings.
2. They have same meaning.
3. Their meanings are the same.
4. Their meaning is the same.

Hello,
Would you please be kind enough to check my above examples?
Are they correct? Same meaning?

Thank you

Only #3 is correct.

 

[emsr2d2]

2 would be correct with the addition of the article - "They have the same meaning".

 

[sb70012]

Hello again,
Thanks for answering. I added an article "the" for number 1 and 2:

1. They have the same meanings.
2. They have the same meaning.
3. Their meanings are the same.
4. Their meaning is the same.
5. They have the same meaning.

Would you please be kind enough to give your final answer once again?
Are they all same? If they are all same then what's the difference among them?

Thank you

 

[emsr2d2]

2 and 5 are identical.

 

[sb70012]

ooops. Yes that was my mistake. Thank you.

1. They have the same meanings.
2. They have the same meaning.
3. Their meanings are the same.
4. Their meaning is the same.

 

[MikeNewYork]

ooops. Yes that was my mistake. Thank you.

1. They have the same meanings.
2. They have the same meaning.
3. Their meanings are the same.
4. Their meaning is the same.

Those are equivalent.

 

[sb70012]

Thanks for answering. So if I remove article "the", they all will be incorrect. Right?
I mean:

1. They have same meanings.
2. They have same meaning.
3. Their meanings are same.
4. Their meaning is same.

 

[5jj]

Yes

 

[sb70012]

Only #3 is correct.

bhaisahab, thanks for answering but in post #1 I think 4 is correct too. Right?

 

[sb70012]

Everybody thanks for answering.
What if I put "a" instead of "the"?
I mean:

1. They the have same meanings.
2. They have a same meaning.
3. Their meanings are the same.
4. Their meaning is the same.

Is "2" correct? According to your helpful explanations I think "2" is incorrect too. Right?

 

[emsr2d2]

No. It's "the".

 

[sb70012]

No.

Thanks for answering but by saying "No" you mean "No it's correct" or "No, it's not incorrect" or "No, it's incorrect" :?:

 

[emsr2d2]

I answered the question "Is 2 correct?" If you don't want to be confused, don't put two questions in your post.

 

[sb70012]

Some minutes ago a native English speaker told me that sometimes using "a same meaning" is correct:

They have the same meaning - Each sentence or word or phrase has only one meaning, and the meaning of each is the same.
"John's coat" and "the coat of John" have the same meaning. Their only meaning is the same.

They have a same meaning - Each word or phrase has several meanings.
ONE of those meanings is used by both phrases.
All their other meanings are different from each other.
One of the definitions of "bank" is the same as one of the definitions of "slope".
"Bank" has twenty other definitions that do not mean "slope".
"Slope" has ten other definitions that do not mean "bank".

Do you agree with me or him?

 

[bhaisahab]

Some minutes ago a native English speaker told me that sometimes using "a same meaning" is correct:

They have the same meaning - Each sentence or word or phrase has only one meaning, and the meaning of each is the same.
"John's coat" and "the coat of John" have the same meaning. Their only meaning is the same.

They have a same meaning - Each word or phrase has several meanings.
ONE of those meanings is used by both phrases.
All their other meanings are different from each other.
One of the definitions of "bank" is the same as one of the definitions of "slope".
"Bank" has twenty other definitions that do not mean "slope".
"Slope" has ten other definitions that do not mean "bank".

Do you agree with me or him?

They could have "the same meaning" or "a similar meaning", not "a same meaning".