Definitions for resemblance
rɪˈzɛm blənsre·sem·blance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. resemblancenoun

   similarity in appearance or external or superficial details

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. resemblancenoun

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

2. resemblancenoun

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

3. resemblancenoun

   A comparison; a simile.

4. resemblancenoun

   Probability; verisimilitude.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Resemblancenoun

   Likeness; similitude; representation.

   Etymology: resemblance, Fr.

   These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual, whereunto they serve as a hand to lead, and a way to direct. Richard Hooker.

   Fairest resemblance of thy maker fair,
   Thee all things living gaze on. John Milton.

   One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   The quality produced hath commonly no resemblance with the thing producing it; wherefore, we look on it as a bare effect of power. John Locke.

   They are but weak resemblances of our intentions, faint and imperfect copies that may acquaint us with the general design, but can never express the life of the original. Addison.

   So chymists boast they have a pow’r,
   From the dead ashes of a flow’r,
   Some faint resemblance to produce,
   But not the virtue. Jonathan Swift, Miscellanies.

   I cannot help remarking the resemblance betwixt him and our author in qualities, fame, and fortune. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. resemblance

   Resemblance refers to the state or fact of exhibiting similarities or likeness between two or more things or people. It typically involves having similar features, qualities, characteristics, or aspects that are comparable to each other. The term is often used in comparison, referring to an observable likeness that can be visually, symbolically, or conceptually shared.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Resemblancenoun

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

2. Resemblancenoun

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

3. Resemblancenoun

   a comparison; a simile

4. Resemblancenoun

   probability; verisimilitude

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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. Rasmus Andreasen:

   We felt it odd that the maps of strontium distributions on which these conclusions were based show no resemblance to the underlying geology, we set out to test if modern-day farming could be the reason that the natural strontium variations were obscured.

2. Doug Baldwin:

   I think the fundamental question at the core of it was, What am I trying to accomplish here ? with the thought process of not playing football again, essentially what it comes down to is, Can my body do this and me still have a resemblance of a quality of life afterward ?

3. Paul Scofield:

   These birds evolved in different hemispheres, millions of years apart, but from a distance you would be hard-pressed The giant penguins, like these Kumimanu, that lived in Aotearoa New Zealand around 60 million years ago bore a striking resemblance to some plotopterids. (Mark Witton) to tell them apart, plotopterids looked like penguins, they swam like penguins, they probably ate like penguins -- but they werent penguins.

4. Ben Chang:

   Princeton University contested the OFCCP's allegation because Princeton University was based on a flawed statistical model that grouped all full professors together regardless of department and thus bore no resemblance to how Princeton University actually hires, evaluates, and compensates Princeton University faculty.

5. 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.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=resemblance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Resemblance
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=resemblance
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resemblance