likeness
The state or quality of being like or alikeThe state or quality of being like or alike.
» He bears a strong likeness to my son.
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3 sensesThe state or quality of being like or alike.
I bear no likeness to my parents whatsoever.
Appearance or form; guise.
A foe in the likeness of a friend
Gestalt
That which closely resembles; a portrait.
How he looked, the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine.
Abbild
- picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
- similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
Examples
7 sentencesHe bears a strong likeness to my son.
A painter could not better describe his likeness.
Humans created gods in their own image and likeness.
My child, flee from every evil thing, and from every likeness of it.
I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
ruЯ думаю, что если дьявол не существует и, стало быть, создал его человек, то создал он его по своему образу и подобию. — paul_lingvo
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English liknesse, from Old English līcness, ġelīcnes (“the quality of being liFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: likenesses| Singular | likeness |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing:semblance
- similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things:alikenesssimilitude