Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense resembles, present participle resembling, past tense, past participle resembled
verb [no cont]
If one thing or person resembles another, they are similar to each other.
The fish had white, firm flesh that resembled chicken. [VERB noun]
She so resembles her mother. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: be like, look like, favour [informal], mirror More Synonyms of resemble
resemble in British English
(rɪˈzɛmbəl)
verb
(transitive)
to possess some similarity to; be like
Derived forms
resembler (reˈsembler)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Old French resembler, from re- + sembler to look like, from Latin similis like
resemble in American English
(rɪˈzɛmbəl)
verb transitiveWord forms: reˈsembled or reˈsembling
1.
to be like or similar to in appearance or nature
2. Archaic
to liken or compare
Word origin
ME resemblen < OFr resembler < re-, again + sembler < L simulare: see simulate
Examples of 'resemble' in a sentence
resemble
Too often sketch resemble a series of weak short stories or pub jokes, but they have their admirers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Looking at the Champions League this season it has begun to resemble something more like a domestic league.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He is a player who delights the senses, and whose ability to turn the brutality of high-end tennis into something resembling advanced choreography is beyond peer.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Too often they resemble a series of weak short stories or pub jokes.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This seems to be based on flashes of excellence rather than anything resembling rounded international class.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The modern diary increasingly resembles a secretary.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The challenge was getting them out and into something resembling an album.
The Sun (2006)
Their brains are now known to resemble those of patients with other addictions.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The rapid tone changes often resembled a shopping list of styles from other series.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Something resembling a smirk flits across her face and the air grows heavy with his discomfort.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
How far the older varieties resemble what we now see is a matter for conjecture.
Smith, Drew Food Watch (1994)
Something must first resemble what we expect it to look like before we take notice.
Christopher Ross TUNNEL VISIONS: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher (2001)
He has ruined a perfectly goodlooking body and now resembles a bad sketch pad.
The Sun (2013)
The snooty subtext here is that to possess anything resembling a potty mouth is just so awfully common.
The Sun (2015)
All happy families resemble one another.
Christianity Today (2000)
Just as all happy families resemble one another, so all gangster family sagas resemble one another.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They often don't resemble their parents.
The Sun (2015)
She writes as simply and directly as she can, avoiding anything resembling experimentation.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It means that the industry's lenders are increasingly resembling the very banks they were set up to challenge.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Their name is said to come originally from this call, though it does not now resemble it in any way.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Another resembled a giant raspberry.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The evolutionary phenomenon happens when an animal or plant resembles another creature or object, either to stave off predators or gain other advantages.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Britain's political system increasingly resembles an inverted pyramid, with a large elite supported by a tiny base.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Though too often resembling a promo for the retail chain, the programme darts deftly between now and the 1960s.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
resemble
British English: resemble /rɪˈzɛmbl/ VERB
If one thing or person resembles another, they are similar to that thing or person.
She resembles her mother.
American English: resemble
Arabic: يُشابِهُ
Brazilian Portuguese: parecer-se com
Chinese: 类似
Croatian: sličiti
Czech: podobat se
Danish: ligne
Dutch: lijken op
European Spanish: parecerse a
Finnish: muistuttaa
French: ressembler
German: ähneln
Greek: μοιάζω
Italian: assomigliare
Japanese: 似ている
Korean: 닮다
Norwegian: ligne
Polish: być podobnym
European Portuguese: parecer-se com
Romanian: a semăna
Russian: напоминать
Latin American Spanish: parecerse
Swedish: likna
Thai: คล้าย
Turkish: benzemek
Ukrainian: бути схожим
Vietnamese: giống với
Chinese translation of 'resemble'
resemble
(rɪˈzɛmbl)
vt
与(與) ... 相似 (yǔ ... xiāngsì)
(verb)
Definition
to be or look like
She so resembles her mother.
Synonyms
be like
look like
favour (informal)
mirror
His own shock was mirrored in her face.
echo
Many phrases in the last chapter echo earlier passages.
parallel
be similar to
duplicate
take after
remind you of
bear a resemblance to
put you in mind of
Additional synonyms
in the sense of echo
Definition
(of people) to repeat or imitate (what someone else has said)
Many phrases in the last chapter echo earlier passages.