resemble

CEFRB1

/ɹɪˈzɛmbəl/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To look or be like someone or something else.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.

Examples

  • Much as we resemble one another, none of us are exactly alike.

  • Of course they resemble each other in some ways.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ɹɪˈzembl̩]
  • [ɹɪˈzɛmbl̩]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To counterfeit; to imitate.

  2. To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.

  3. To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar.

More examples

In context

  • The twins resemble each other.

  • We will resemble you in that.

  • He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.

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Quick test

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The new building will blank the old one in design but be made of stronger materials.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, ressembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem”). By surface analysis, re- + semble.