Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.

    The twins resemble each other.

    appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to

  2. (archaic, transitive)To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To counterfeit; to imitate.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar.

    ähneln, gleichen

    походи́тьpoxodítʹ, напомина́тьnapominátʹ, быть похо́жимbytʹ poxóžim

    бу́ти поді́бнимbúty podíbnym, бу́ти схо́жимbúty sxóžym

Examples

175 sentences
  1. I think you resemble your mother.

    Я думаю, ти схожа на маму.

    ruПо-моему, ты похож на маму.

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  2. Do you think he resembles his father?

    Ти думаєш, що він схожий на батька?

    ruТы считаешь, что он похож на своего отца?

    deFindest du, dass er seinem Vater ähnelt?

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  3. Mary resembles her mother in looks, but not in personality.

    Мері нагадує мати зовнішнім виглядом, але не характером.

    deMaria ähnelt ihrer Mutter im Aussehen, doch nicht charakterlich.

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  4. He resembles his grandfather.

    Він схожий на дідуся.

    ruОн похож на деда.

    deEr sieht wie sein Großvater aus.

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  5. She resembles her aunt.

    Вона схожа на свою тітку.

    ruОна напоминает свою тетю.

    deSie ähnelt ihrer Tante.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to be like or similar to something else:
Русский
By meaning 1
to be like or similar to something else:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to be like or similar to something else:

Origin

From Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, ressembler, from re- + sembler

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

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Forms

resembles, resembling, resembled, resembled
Base formresemble · to resemble
3rd person singularresembles
Present participleresembling
Past simpleresembled
Past participleresembled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyresemble
he, she, itresembles

Past simpleLesson

all personsresembled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave resembled
he, she, ithas resembled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill resemble

Synonyms

7 synonyms

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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