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re·sem·ble

resemble

 
 
pronunciation:
rih zem bl
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part of speech: verb
inflections: resembles, resembling, resembled
definition: If one thing resembles another thing, it is like that thing. It looks like it or it is the same in some way. If you resemble someone, you look like them, or you act or think like them.
For his birthday, Carter's mom is making him a cake that resembles a shark.The two girls are sisters, but they don't resemble each other very much.Mr. King resembles his father in the way he talks and in the way he laughs.
similar words:
copy, imitate, match, parallel
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