resemble
//ɹɪˈzɛmbəl//
Forms
- present (v1)
- resemble
- past (v2)
- resembled
- past participle (v3)
- resembled
- present participle
- resembling
- 3rd person singular
- resembles
Definitions
1.To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
- But what you've just described does resemble a person of that kind.
- We will resemble you in that.
- The twins resemble each other.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3732
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, ressembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem”).
By surface analysis, re- + semble.