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re·sem·ble

(rĭ-zĕm′bəl)

tr.v. re·sem·bled, re·sem·bling, re·sem·bles

To exhibit similarity or likeness to.

[Middle English resemblen, from Old French resembler : re-, re- + sembler, to appear (from Latin simulāre, to imitate, from similis, like; see sem- in Indo-European roots).]

re·sem′bler n.

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resemble

(rɪˈzɛmbəl)

(tr) to possess some similarity to; be like

[C14: from Old French resembler, from re- + sembler to look like, from Latin similis like]

reˈsembler n

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re•sem•ble

(rɪˈzɛm bəl)

v.t. -bled, -bling.

1. to be like or similar to.

2. Archaic. to liken or compare.

[1300–50; Middle English < Middle French resembler, Old French, =re- re- + sembler to seem, be like < Latin similāre, derivative of similis like]

resemble

Past participle: resembled
Gerund: resembling

Imperative
resemble
resemble

Present
I resemble
you resemble
he/she/it resembles
we resemble
you resemble
they resemble

Preterite
I resembled
you resembled
he/she/it resembled
we resembled
you resembled
they resembled

Present Continuous
I am resembling
you are resembling
he/she/it is resembling
we are resembling
you are resembling
they are resembling

Present Perfect
I have resembled
you have resembled
he/she/it has resembled
we have resembled
you have resembled
they have resembled

Past Continuous
I was resembling
you were resembling
he/she/it was resembling
we were resembling
you were resembling
they were resembling

Past Perfect
I had resembled
you had resembled
he/she/it had resembled
we had resembled
you had resembled
they had resembled

Future
I will resemble
you will resemble
he/she/it will resemble
we will resemble
you will resemble
they will resemble

Future Perfect
I will have resembled
you will have resembled
he/she/it will have resembled
we will have resembled
you will have resembled
they will have resembled

Future Continuous
I will be resembling
you will be resembling
he/she/it will be resembling
we will be resembling
you will be resembling
they will be resembling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been resembling
you have been resembling
he/she/it has been resembling
we have been resembling
you have been resembling
they have been resembling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been resembling
you will have been resembling
he/she/it will have been resembling
we will have been resembling
you will have been resembling
they will have been resembling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been resembling
you had been resembling
he/she/it had been resembling
we had been resembling
you had been resembling
they had been resembling

Conditional
I would resemble
you would resemble
he/she/it would resemble
we would resemble
you would resemble
they would resemble

Past Conditional
I would have resembled
you would have resembled
he/she/it would have resembled
we would have resembled
you would have resembled
they would have resembled

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Verb

resemble - appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work"

correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"

look like - bear a physical resemblance to; "She looks like her mother"

come to life - be lifelike, as of a painting; "If you look at it long enough, this portrait comes to life!"

take after - be similar to a relative; "She takes after her father!"

approximate, come close - be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"

imitate - appear like, as in behavior or appearance; "Life imitate art"

echo, recall - call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"

resemble

verb be like, look like, favour (informal), mirror, echo, parallel, be similar to, duplicate, take after, remind you of, bear a resemblance to, put you in mind of She so resembles her mother.

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resemble

verb

To be similar to, as in appearance:

take after.

Chiefly Regional: favor.

Translations

يُشابِهُيُشْبِه

podobat se

ligneminde om

ähneln

μοιάζω

parecerseparecerse (a)parecerse a

muistuttaa

ressembler ressembler à

sličiti

hasonlít

líkjast

assomigliare assomigliarsi somiglianza

似ている

닮다

būti panašiam į

atgādinātbūt līdzīgamlīdzināties

biti podoben

likna

คล้าย

benzemek

giống với

类似象

resemble

[rɪˈzembl] VT → parecerse a
he doesn't resemble his father → no se parece a su padre
they do resemble one another → sí se parecen el uno al otro

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resemble

[rɪˈzɛmb^əl] vt [+ person, thing, situation] → ressembler à

resemble

vt → ähneln, gleichen; they resemble each other → sie ähneln or gleichen sich (dat) → or einander

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resemble

[rɪˈzɛmbl] vt → (as)somigliare a

resemble

(rəˈzembl) verb

to be like or look like. He doesn't resemble either of his parents.

reˈsemblance noun

I can see some resemblance(s) between him and his father.

resemble

→ يُشابِهُ podobat se ligne ähneln μοιάζω parecerse, parecerse a muistuttaa ressembler sličiti assomigliare 似ている 닮다 lijken op ligne być podobnym parecer-se com напоминать likna คล้าย benzemek giống với 类似

resemble

v. tener semejanza; parecerse a.

References in classic literature ?

Toward the north, on the contrary, till where it was bounded by the "Sea of Storms," it resembled a liquid surface agitated by a storm, of which the hills and hollows formed a succession of waves suddenly congealed.

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These barbaric trinkets, garnished in this manner at their open extremities, and tapering and curving round to a point behind the ear, resembled not a little a pair of cornucopias.

His head was as bald as the polished surface of a cocoanut shell, which article it precisely resembled in smoothness and colour, while a long silvery beard swept almost to his girdle of bark.

Sometimes slipping them through the slits in his ears, he would seize his spear--which in length and slightness resembled a fishing-pole--and go stalking beneath the shadows of the neighbouring groves, as if about to give a hostile meeting to some cannibal knight.

But despite his eccentricities, Marheyo was a most paternal and warm-hearted old fellow, and in this particular not a little resembled his son Kory-Kory.

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In the other end were two big knots that resembled eyes, and a place had been chopped away that might easily be mistaken for the horse's mouth.

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As many of these people brought their families with them, their departure resembled a perfect emigration.

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She was most like the picture of Lady Ranelagh: and, I have heard, more still to the famous dutchess of Mazarine; but most of all she resembled one whose image never can depart from my breast, and whom, if thou dost remember, thou hast then, my friend, an adequate idea of Sophia.