SEMBLANCE


Meaning of SEMBLANCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsem-blən(t)s ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from sembler to be like, seem — more at resemble

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : outward and often specious appearance or show : form

wrapped in a semblance of composure — Harry Hervey

b. : modicum

has been struggling to get some semblance of justice for his people — Bayard Rustin

2. : aspect , countenance

3.

a. : a phantasmal form : apparition

b. : image , likeness

4. : actual or apparent resemblance

her story bears some semblance to the truth

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.