English Explanatory Dictionary

resemble

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
  2. To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.
  3. To counterfeit; to imitate.
  4. To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈzɛmbəl/ [ɹɪˈzɛmbl̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-resemble.wav /ɹɪˈzembəl/ [ɹɪˈzembl̩] /ɹəˈzembəl/ [ɹəˈzembl̩]

Word forms

resemble resembles resembling resembled

Etymology

From Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, ressembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem”). By surface analysis, re- + semble.

Synonyms

mirror duplicate look like resemble smack of recall favor

Antonyms

differ assimilate connaturalize normalize standardise

Derived words

I resemble that remark resemblance resemblingly unresemble

Translations

Albanian: shëmbëllej Albanian: ngjaj Southern Altai: ошкоор Arabic: شَبِهَ Arabic: مَاثَلَ Azerbaijani: oxşamaq Azerbaijani: bənzəmək Belarusian: быць падо́бным Bulgarian: приличам Catalan: semblar Chinese Mandarin: 相似 Czech: připomínat Czech: podobat se Danish: ligne Danish: minde om Dutch: gelijken op Dutch: lijken op Egyptian: n-H-Hr:r Egyptian: t-w&t-A53-Y1V Esperanto: simili Finnish: muistuttaa French: ressembler à Friulian: someâ Galician: semellar Galician: asemellar German: ähneln German: gleichen Greek: μοιάζω Hungarian: hasonlít Icelandic: líkjast Ingrian: voittiissa Irish: is cosúil le Italian: rassomigliare Italian: somigliare Italian: assomigliare Italian: arieggiare Japanese: 似ている Korean: 비슷하다 Korean: 닮다 Korean: 같다 Kumyk: ошамакъ Northern Kurdish: lê çûn Northern Kurdish: mînîn Northern Kurdish: şibîn Latin: similō Lombard: someià Luxembourgish: gläichen Māori: āhuahua Māori: kāhukahuka Māori: āhukahuka Norman: r'semblier Norwegian: likne Norwegian: minne om Occitan: semblar Persian: مانستن Persian: شباهت داشتن Polish: być podobnym Polish: przypominać Polish: przypomnieć Portuguese: assemelhar-se a Portuguese: semelhar Quechua: rikch'akuy Romanian: semăna
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