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re·sem·blance

 (rĭ-zĕm′bləns)
n.
1. The state or quality of resembling, especially similarity in appearance or in external or superficial details.
2. Something that resembles another; a likeness or semblance.
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resemblance

(rɪˈzɛmbləns)
n
1. the state or quality of resembling; likeness or similarity in nature, appearance, etc
2. the degree or extent to which or the respect in which a likeness exists
3. something resembling something else; semblance; likeness
reˈsemblant adj
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re•sem•blance

(rɪˈzɛm bləns)

n.
1. the state or fact of resembling; similarity.
2. a degree, kind, or point of likeness.
3. a likeness, appearance, or semblance of something.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, =resembl(er) to resemble + -ance -ance]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.resemblance - similarity in appearance or external or superficial detailsresemblance - similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
alikeness, likeness, similitude - similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness"
mutual resemblance - symmetrical resemblance
affinity - inherent resemblance between persons or things
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resemblance

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resemblance

noun
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Translations
تَشَابُهشَبَه، تَشابُه
podobapodobnost
lighed
yhdennäköisyys
sličnost
svipur, líking
類似
유사
podobnost
likhet
ความคล้ายคลึง
sự giống nhau

resemblance

[rɪˈzembləns] Nsemejanza f, parecido m
to bear a strong resemblance to sbparecerse mucho a algn, estar clavado a algn
to bear no resemblance to sbno parecerse en absoluto a algn
there is no resemblance between themlos dos no se parecen en absoluto
there is hardly any resemblance between this version and the one I gave youapenas existe parecido entre esta versión y la que te di
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

resemblance

[rɪˈzɛmbləns] nressemblance f
to bear a strong resemblance to sth/sb → ressembler beaucoup à qch/qn
it bears no resemblance to sth → cela ne ressemble en rien à qch
any resemblance between characters portrayed herein and real people, living or dead, is purely coincidental → toute ressemblance entre les personnages cités dans cette œuvre et des personnes existantes ou ayant existé ne serait que pure coïncidence
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

resemblance

nÄhnlichkeit f; to bear a strong/a faint/no resemblance to somebody/somethingstarke/leichte/keine Ähnlichkeit mit jdm/etw haben; there’s no resemblance between themes besteht keine Ähnlichkeit zwischen ihnen, sie sind sich (dat)nicht ähnlich
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

resemblance

[rɪˈzɛmbləns] nsomiglianza
to bear a strong resemblance to → somigliare moltissimo a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

resemble

(rəˈzembl) verb
to be like or look like. He doesn't resemble either of his parents.
reˈsemblance noun
I can see some resemblance(s) between him and his father.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

resemblance

تَشَابُه podoba lighed Ähnlichkeit ομοιότητα parecido yhdennäköisyys ressemblance sličnost somiglianza 類似 유사 gelijkenis likhet podobieństwo semelhança сходство likhet ความคล้ายคลึง benzerlik sự giống nhau 类同之处
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

resemblance

n. semejanza, parecido.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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If you unload his skull of its spermy heaps and then take a rear view of its rear end, which is the high end, you will be struck by its resemblance to the human skull, beheld in the same situation, and from the same point of view.
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These differences, in both cases, follow to a certain extent, as might have been expected, systematic affinity, by which every kind of resemblance and dissimilarity between organic beings is attempted to be expressed.
This was Fix, one of the detectives who had been dispatched from England in search of the bank robber; it was his task to narrowly watch every passenger who arrived at Suez, and to follow up all who seemed to be suspicious characters, or bore a resemblance to the description of the criminal, which he had received two days before from the police headquarters at London.
Le charmant Hippolyte was surprising by his extraordinary resemblance to his beautiful sister, but yet more by the fact that in spite of this resemblance he was exceedingly ugly.
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"He was the more confirmed in this opinion, because, he observed, that as I agreed in every feature of my body with other YAHOOS, except where it was to my real disadvantage in point of strength, speed, and activity, the shortness of my claws, and some other particulars where nature had no part; so from the representation I had given him of our lives, our manners, and our actions, he found as near a resemblance in the disposition of our minds." He said, "the YAHOOS were known to hate one another, more than they did any different species of animals; and the reason usually assigned was, the odiousness of their own shapes, which all could see in the rest, but not in themselves.
At some critical juncture the resemblance is found to be perfect.
A clean-shaved face made the resemblance more pronounced than it would otherwise have been.