likeness

CEFRB2

/ˈlaɪknəs/

noun · verb

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  1. 01

    noun

    The quality of looking or being similar to someone or something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Appearance or form; guise.

Examples

  • A painter could not better describe his likeness.

  • He bears a strong likeness to my son.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. That which closely resembles; a portrait.

  2. The state or quality of being like or alike.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To depict.

More examples

In context

  • I bear no likeness to my parents whatsoever.

  • A foe in the likeness of a friend

  • And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English liknesse, from Old English līcness, ġelīcnes (“the quality of being like or equal; likeness; image; copy; pattern; example; parable”), from Proto-West Germanic *galīkanassī (“likeness”), equivalent to like + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian likenis (“likeness”), Dutch gelijkenis (“similarity; likeness; parable”), German Low German Glieknis (“form; semblance; likeness; parable”), German Gleichnis (“form; semblance; image; likeness; parable; simile”). The verb is derived from the noun. Compare also Old Norse líkneskja (“figure, image, appearance, likeness”).