resemblance

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/ɹɪˈzɛmbləns/

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/ɹɪˈzɛmbləns/ · /ɹəˈzɛmbləns/

Definition of resemblance

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noun

(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.”
“Before the discovery and confirmation of the existence of rhenium predicted by Mendeleev's periodic law, rhenium was provisionally termed dvi-manganese because of its expected resemblance to manganese.”

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noun

(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.”
“Before the discovery and confirmation of the existence of rhenium predicted by Mendeleev's periodic law, rhenium was provisionally termed dvi-manganese because of its expected resemblance to manganese.”
(countable, uncountable)That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
(countable, uncountable)A comparison; a simile.
(countable, uncountable)Probability; verisimilitude.

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

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