Definitions for resemblance
rɪˈzɛm blənsre·sem·blance

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. resemblance(noun)

   similarity in appearance or external or superficial details

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. resemblance(Noun)

   The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.

2. resemblance(Noun)

   That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.

3. resemblance(Noun)

   A comparison; a simile.

4. resemblance(Noun)

   Probability; verisimilitude.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Resemblance(noun)

   the quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity

2. Resemblance(noun)

   that which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness

3. Resemblance(noun)

   a comparison; a simile

4. Resemblance(noun)

   probability; verisimilitude

How to pronounce resemblance?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of resemblance in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of resemblance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of resemblance in a Sentence

1. Barbara Muschietti:

   What was probably more important to me was resemblance, physical resemblance, i get turned off very easily when I see a movie with two timelines and the actors don't look alike. It's enough for me to disengage, so I wanted to start this movie with that already clear, people already believing that it could be the same character.

2. Abdul Salam Maftoon:

   The resemblance has boosted my chances of winning the competition by 50%.

3. Auguste Rodin:

   If the artist only reproduces superficial features as photography does, if he copies the lineaments of a face exactly, without reference to character, he deserves no admiration. The resemblance which he ought to obtain is that of the soul.

4. John Owen:

   But this is the second work of the law when it hath by its convictions brought the sinner into a condition of a sense of guilt which he cannot avoid, -- nor will anything tender him relief, which way so ever he lose, for he is in a desert, -- it represents unto him the holiness and severity of God, with his indignation and wrath against sin which have a resemblance of a consuming fire. This fills his heart with dread and terror and makes him see his miserable, undone condition.

5. Abdelhamid Abaaoud:

   I suddenly saw my picture all over the media, but alhamdulillah( thanks be to God), the kuffar( infidels) were blinded by Allah, i was even stopped by an officer who contemplated me so as to compare me to the picture, but he let me go, as he did not see the resemblance.

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