resemble (rɪˈzɛmbəll
)
Definitions
verb
- (tr) to possess some similarity to; be like
Alternative Forms
reˈsembler nounWord Origin
C14: from Old French resembler , from re- + sembler to look like, from Latin similis likeSynonyms
View thesaurus entryTranslations
- British English:
resemble
If one thing or person resembles another, they are similar to that thing or person.She resembles her mother.rɪˈzɛmbl VERB She resembles her mother.
- Spanish:
parecerse
v
- French:
ressembler
vt
- German:
ähneln
v
- Chinese: 类似 v
- Arabic: يُشابِهُ v
- Portuguese: parecer-se com v
- Russian: напоминать v
- Croatian: sličiti v
- Czech: podobat (se) v
- Danish: ligne v
- Dutch: lijken op v
- Finnish: muistuttaa v
- Greek: μοιάζω v
- Italian: assomigliare v
- Japanese: 似ている v
- Korean: 닮다 v
- Norwegian: ligne v
- Polish: być podobnym v
- Brazilian Portuguese: parecer-se com v
- European Spanish: parecerse a v
- Swedish: likna v
- Thai: คล้าย v
- Turkish: benzemek v
- Vietnamese: giống với v
Usage examples
And by the end of the day, the numbers on my computer screen seemed to melt together and resemble mashed potatoes.
, SOMEBODY (2002)The infections usually appear as sores that resemble insect bites.
New Scientist (2003)Dr. Brookstone's gizmo is a tablet computer, part of a new generation of devices that resemble laptops without keyboards.
Globe and Mail (2004)Put them together and they begin to resemble Travis, Britain's most successful band.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Some attacks observed by Mr Purdey appeared to resemble epileptic fits in humans.
, The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food (1988)