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/ɹɪˈzɛmbəl/
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[ɹɪˈzɛmbl̩]
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[ɹɪˈzembl̩]
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R IH0 Z EH1 M B AH0 L
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R IY0 Z EH1 M B AH0 L
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To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
The twins resemble each other.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: recall, favor
Antonyms: none provided
To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To counterfeit; to imitate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
She resembles her mother very much This paper resembles my own work
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
Narrower terms: look like, come to life, take after, approximate, come close, imitate, echo, recall
From Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, ressembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem”). By surface analysis, re- + semble.
Across languages
Translations
101 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
shëmbëllej
— to be like or similar to something else
Albanian :
ngjaj
— to be like or similar to something else
Southern Altai :
ошкоор
(oškoor)
— to be like or similar to something else
Arabic :
شَبِهَ
(šabiha)
— to be like or similar to something else
Arabic :
مَاثَلَ
(māṯala)
— to be like or similar to something else
Azerbaijani :
oxşamaq
— to be like or similar to something else
Azerbaijani :
bənzəmək
— to be like or similar to something else
Belarusian :
быць падо́бным
(bycʹ padóbnym)
— to be like or similar to something else
Bulgarian :
приличам
(priličam)
— to be like or similar to something else
Catalan :
semblar
— to be like or similar to something else
Chinese Mandarin :
相似
(xiāngsì)
— to be like or similar to something else
Czech :
připomínat
— to be like or similar to something else
Czech :
podobat se
— to be like or similar to something else
Danish :
ligne
— to be like or similar to something else
Danish :
minde om
— to be like or similar to something else
Dutch :
gelijken op
— to be like or similar to something else
Dutch :
lijken op
— to be like or similar to something else
Egyptian :
n-H-Hr:r
(nḥr)
— to be like or similar to something else
Egyptian :
t-w&t-A53-Y1V
(twt)
— to be like or similar to something else
Esperanto :
simili
— to be like or similar to something else
Finnish :
muistuttaa
— to be like or similar to something else
French :
ressembler à
— to be like or similar to something else
Friulian :
someâ
— to be like or similar to something else
Galician :
semellar
— to be like or similar to something else
Galician :
asemellar
— to be like or similar to something else
German :
ähneln
— to be like or similar to something else
German :
gleichen
— to be like or similar to something else
Greek :
μοιάζω
(moiázo)
— to be like or similar to something else
Hungarian :
hasonlít
— to be like or similar to something else
Icelandic :
líkjast
— to be like or similar to something else
Ingrian :
voittiissa
— to be like or similar to something else
Irish :
is cosúil le
— to be like or similar to something else
Italian :
rassomigliare
— to be like or similar to something else
Italian :
somigliare
— to be like or similar to something else
Italian :
assomigliare
— to be like or similar to something else
Italian :
arieggiare
— to be like or similar to something else
Japanese :
似ている
(nite iru)
— to be like or similar to something else
Korean :
비슷하다
(biseuthada)
— to be like or similar to something else
Korean :
닮다
(damda)
— to be like or similar to something else
Korean :
같다
(gatda)
— to be like or similar to something else
Kumyk :
ошамакъ
(oşamaq)
— to be like or similar to something else
Northern Kurdish :
lê çûn
— to be like or similar to something else
Northern Kurdish :
mînîn
— to be like or similar to something else
Northern Kurdish :
şibîn
— to be like or similar to something else
Latin :
similō
— to be like or similar to something else
Lombard :
someià
— to be like or similar to something else
Luxembourgish :
gläichen
— to be like or similar to something else
Malay :
sebiji
— to be like or similar to something else
Malay :
sebijik
— to be like or similar to something else
Malay :
serupa
— to be like or similar to something else
Malay :
menyerupai
— to be like or similar to something else
Malay :
macam
— to be like or similar to something else
Māori :
āhuahua
— to be like or similar to something else
Māori :
kāhukahuka
— to be like or similar to something else
Māori :
āhukahuka
— to be like or similar to something else
Norman :
r'semblier
— to be like or similar to something else
Norwegian :
likne
— to be like or similar to something else
Norwegian :
minne om
— to be like or similar to something else
Occitan :
semblar
— to be like or similar to something else
Persian :
مانستن
(mânestan)
— to be like or similar to something else
Persian :
شباهت داشتن
(šabâhat dâštan)
— to be like or similar to something else
Polish :
być podobnym
— to be like or similar to something else
Polish :
przypominać
— to be like or similar to something else
Polish :
przypomnieć
— to be like or similar to something else
Portuguese :
assemelhar-se a
— to be like or similar to something else
Portuguese :
semelhar
— to be like or similar to something else
Quechua :
rikch'akuy
— to be like or similar to something else
Romanian :
semăna
— to be like or similar to something else
Romansh :
sumegliar
— to be like or similar to something else
Romansh :
semegliar
— to be like or similar to something else
Romansh :
samagliear
— to be like or similar to something else
Romansh :
sumiglier
— to be like or similar to something else
Romansh :
sumagliar
— to be like or similar to something else
Romansh :
sumaglier
— to be like or similar to something else
Russian :
походи́ть
(poxodítʹ)
— to be like or similar to something else
Russian :
напомина́ть
(napominátʹ)
— to be like or similar to something else
Russian :
быть похо́жим
(bytʹ poxóžim)
— to be like or similar to something else
Russian :
име́ть схо́дство
(imétʹ sxódstvo)
— to be like or similar to something else
Sardinian :
assimizare
— to be like or similar to something else
Sardinian :
simizare
— to be like or similar to something else
Sardinian :
assimbillai
— to be like or similar to something else
Sardinian :
simbilai
— to be like or similar to something else
Sardinian :
assimbigiai
— to be like or similar to something else
Sardinian :
assemizare
— to be like or similar to something else
Sardinian :
atipizare
— to be like or similar to something else
Sardinian :
aerai
— to be like or similar to something else
Sardinian :
agghentinare
— to be like or similar to something else
Serbo-Croatian :
sličiti
— to be like or similar to something else
Sicilian :
assimigghiari
— to be like or similar to something else
Slovak :
podobať sa
— to be like or similar to something else
Spanish :
resemblar(se) a
— to be like or similar to something else
Spanish :
semblar
— to be like or similar to something else
Swedish :
likna
— to be like or similar to something else
Turkish :
benzemek
— to be like or similar to something else
Ottoman Turkish :
بكزهمك
(beñzemek)
— to be like or similar to something else
Ukrainian :
бу́ти поді́бним
(búty podíbnym)
— to be like or similar to something else
Ukrainian :
бу́ти схо́жим
(búty sxóžym)
— to be like or similar to something else
Uyghur :
ئوخشىماق
(oxshimaq)
— to be like or similar to something else
Venetan :
somejar
— to be like or similar to something else
Venetan :
somegiar
— to be like or similar to something else
Venetan :
somiar
— to be like or similar to something else