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Meaning of resemblance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ɹɪˈzɛmbləns

Definitions

  1. air (the substance constituting earth's atmosphere)
  2. The quality or state of resembling.
    countable, uncountable
  3. air (the open space above the ground)
  4. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
    countable, uncountable
  5. air; wind
  6. A comparison; a simile.
    countable, uncountable
  7. air (a feeling or sense)
  8. Probability; verisimilitude.
    countable, uncountable
  9. resemblance (to another person)

Equivalents

Examples

“His wife and sister had too many points of resemblance, not to entertain a strong and mutual dislike.”
“Before the discovery and confirmation of the existence of rhenium predicted by Mendeleev's periodic law, rhenium was provisionally termed dvi-manganese because of its expected resemblance to manganese.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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