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resemble
What does resemble mean?
resemble (verb): to be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use resemble in a sentence?
- She resembles her mother very much. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- This paper resembles my own work. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce resemble?
/ɹɪˈzɛmbəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does resemble come from?
From Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, ressembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to resemble
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “resemble” mean?
to be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar
Right! That's what “resemble” means.
to recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory
Not quite: that's what remember means.
(of a quantity, etc.) to become larger or greater, to greaten
Not quite: that's what increase means.
to divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument
Not quite: that's what cut means.
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