resemble
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resemble
- /ɹɪˈzɛmbəl/ Canada, US, UK
- [ɹɪˈzɛmbl̩] Canada, US, UK
- /ɹɪˈzembəl/ Australia
- [ɹɪˈzembl̩] Australia
- /ɹəˈzembəl/ New Zealand
- [ɹəˈzembl̩] New Zealand
Where it comes from
From Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, ressembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem”). By surface analysis, re- + semble.
verb resembles · resembling · resembled
- To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar. The twins resemble each other.
- To compare; to regard as similar, to liken. And th'other all yclad in garments light, / Discolour'd like to womanish disguise, / He did resemble to his Ladie bright [...].
- To counterfeit; to imitate. They can so well resemble mans speech.
- To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar. And ſince we all haue ſuckt one wholſome aire, And with the ſame proportion of Elements, Reſolue, I hope we are reſembled, Uowing our loues to equall death and life, […]
Similar: mirror, duplicate, look like, resemble, smack of · Opposite: differ, assimilate, connaturalize, normalize, standardise
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: look, appearance, seem, emulate, appear, mimic, remind, favor, re-create, recreate, like, recall, mirror, match, imitate, parallel
verb
Similar: mirror, duplicate, look like, resemble, smack of · Opposite: differ, assimilate, connaturalize, normalize, standardise
Translations
Every language
verb to be like or similar to something else
| Español | resemblar(se) a, semblar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 비슷하다 biseuthada, 닮다 damda, 같다 gatda |
| 日本語 | 似ている nite iru |
| 中文 | 相似 xiāngsì |
| Português | assemelhar-se a, semelhar |
| Français | ressembler à |
| Deutsch | ähneln, gleichen |
| Italiano | rassomigliare, somigliare, assomigliare, arieggiare |
| Ελληνικά | μοιάζω moiázo |
| Română | semăna |
| Русский | походи́ть poxodítʹ, напомина́ть napominátʹ, быть похо́жим bytʹ poxóžim, име́ть схо́дство imétʹ sxódstvo |
| العربية | شَبِهَ šabiha, مَاثَلَ māṯala |
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title = {resemble},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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