Resemblance
Translation- Resemblance
- Resemblance Re*sem"blance (-blans), n. [Cf. F. ressemblance.
See {Resemble}.]
1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude;
similarity.
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One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness. [1913 Webster]
These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
3. A comparison; a simile. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
4. Probability; verisimilitude. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Syn: Likeness; similarity; similitude; semblance; representation; image. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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resemblance — 1> сходство Ex: a distant resemblance отдаленное сходство Ex: to have a strong resemblance to smb., smth. быть очень похожим на кого л., что л. Ex: to bear no resemblance to smb. быть совершенно не похожим на кого л. Ex: there is a great… … Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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resemblance — noun сходство; to bear/show resemblance иметь сходство, бытьпохожим; to have a strong resemblance to smb. быть очень похожим на кого л … Англо-русский словарь Мюллера
resemblance — rɪˈzembləns сущ. 1) похожесть, сходство, схожесть to bear, show resemblance ≈ иметь сходство, быть похожим to have a strong resemblance to smb. ≈ быть очень похожим на кого л. remote resemblance ≈ отдаленное сходство striking resemblance ≈… … Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь
resemblance — /ri zem bleuhns/, n. 1. the state or fact of resembling; similarity. 2. a degree, kind, or point of likeness. 3. a likeness, appearance, or semblance of something. [1350 1400; ME < AF, equiv. to resembl(er) to RESEMBLE + ance ANCE] Syn. 1.… … Universalium
resemblance — noun /ɹəzˈɛmbləns/ a) The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. Words and things were united in their resemblance. Renaissance man thought in terms of similitudes: the theatre of life, the mirror of nature. There… … Wiktionary
resemblance — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the quality or state of resembling; especially correspondence in appearance or superficial qualities b. a point of likeness ; similarity 2. representation, image 3. archaic characteristic appearance 4 … New Collegiate Dictionary
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resemblance type — мат. тип сходства … Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь
Family resemblance — This article is about the philosophical term proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein, not about the common observation that offspring resemble parents and one another. Family resemblance (German Familienähnlichkeit [. In translations of Wittgenstein s… … Wikipedia