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# resemblance

«resemblance» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being similar to someone or something, especially in how…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (resemblance, resemblances)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being similar to someone or something, especially in how they look: a strong family resemblance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemblance/#m1)

2) A way in which things are similar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemblance/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and family life: «You bear a strong resemblance to your dad». In science, children resemble their parents because of genes. In maths, similar shapes bear a resemblance: same shape, different size. Phrases: «bear a resemblance to», «a strong/close resemblance», «family resemblance», «any resemblance is purely coincidental».

### examples

- There is a strong resemblance between the twins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemblance/#x1)
- She bears a resemblance to her grandmother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemblance/#x2)
- The cloud had a resemblance to a dragon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemblance/#x3)
- The copy bore little resemblance to the real painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemblance/#x4)
- There is a family resemblance in their smiles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemblance/#x5)
- The two triangles have a close resemblance: one is double the size. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemblance/#x6)
- A resemblance to the great in some things does not make us great. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemblance/#x7)

### note

Countable or uncountable. Verb: resemble (no «to»: «she resembles her mum»). Spelling: re-sem-BL-ANCE (-ance, not -ence).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «resemblance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resemblance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.