resemblance

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resemblance

  • /ɹɪˈzɛmbləns/ UK
  • /ɹəˈzɛmbləns/ US

Rhymes with -ɛmbləns

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From Anglo-Norman resemblance, from Old French (compare French ressemblance). Morphologically resemble + -ance.

noun resemblances · resemblaunce

  1. countable, uncountable The quality or state of resembling. His wife and sister had too many points of resemblance, not to entertain a strong and mutual dislike.
  2. countable, uncountable That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
  3. countable, uncountable A comparison; a simile.
  4. countable, uncountable Probability; verisimilitude.

Similar: likeness

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