RESEMBLANCE


Meaning of RESEMBLANCE in English

re ‧ sem ‧ blance /rɪˈzembləns/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]

if there is a resemblance between two people or things, they are similar, especially in the way they look ⇨ similarity

resemblance between

The resemblance between Susan and her sister was remarkable.

bear a (close/striking/uncanny etc) resemblance to somebody/something (=look like)

Tina bears a striking resemblance to her mother.

bear little/no resemblance to somebody/something

What happens in the film bears little resemblance to what actually happened.

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COLLOCATIONS

■ ADJECTIVES/NOUNS + resemblance

▪ a close resemblance

The vase bore a close resemblance to one owned by my mother.

▪ a strong resemblance

This slender, feathery herb has a strong resemblance to fennel.

▪ a striking resemblance (=very strong and noticeable)

There's a striking resemblance between the two boys.

▪ a remarkable resemblance (=unusual or surprising)

Everyone notices the remarkable resemblance between Mathilda and Anne.

▪ an uncanny resemblance (=noticeable and difficult to explain)

I'd always thought that Jo and Freddie had an uncanny resemblance.

▪ a slight/faint resemblance (=not strong)

Don't you think she has a slight resemblance to that blonde singer in Abba?

▪ a passing resemblance (=slight)

There was no more than a passing resemblance between the sisters.

▪ a superficial resemblance (=when something seems to look like something else, but is in fact quite different)

Its spines give it a superficial resemblance to a hedgehog.

▪ somebody's physical resemblance to somebody

People often commented on his physical resemblance to his father.

▪ a family resemblance (=between members of the same family)

I couldn't detect any family resemblance.

■ verbs

▪ bear/have a resemblance to somebody/something

People said he bore a striking resemblance to the President.

▪ bear little/no resemblance to somebody/something

He bore little resemblance to the photograph in the newspaper.

■ phrase

▪ there the resemblance ends (=they are not similar in any other way)

They are both strong-minded women, but there the resemblance ends.

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