resemble

Intermediatezipf 3.73

Pronunciation

/rɪˈzɛmbl/(rih-ZEM-bl)

Part of speech

verbneutral

Chinese

像；与…相似

Definition

To look or seem like someone or something else.

Word family

  • resemblance/rɪˈzɛmbləns/(n)相似

Collocations

  • closely resemble
  • bear a resemblance
  • slightly resemble
  • resemble each other

Examples

  1. 1.The daughter closely resembles her mother. (look alike)
  2. 2.This situation resembles what happened last year. (similar)

Synonyms

  • look like /lʊk laɪk/ (informal, appearance)
  • mirror/ˈmɪrə/— reflect exactly
  • echo/ˈɛkəʊ/— repeat a pattern, abstract

Etymology

re- (again) + sembler (to seem) — to seem like again