semblable
Americannoun
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a person or thing that resembles or matches another; counterpart.
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Archaic. likeness; resemblance.
adjective
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like or similar.
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seeming or apparent.
adjective
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resembling or similar
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apparent rather than real
noun
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something that resembles another thing
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a resemblance
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of semblable
1325–75; Middle English < Middle French, equivalent to sembl ( er ) to seem + -able -able. See semblance
Example Sentences
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Except for the accident of time, she could have been the author’s bustled and corseted twin or sister, “mon semblable, ma soeur.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2020
Looking forward to it, mon semblable, mon frère.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2016
What do you know about it, mon semblable, mon frère?
From Time Magazine Archive
And moreover, whan oure Lord hadde creat Adam oure forme fader, he sayde in this wise, Hit is not goode to be a man alone; makes we to him an help semblable to himself.
From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Lanier, Sidney
And in semblable maner the last Earles inheritance accrued vnto 4.
From The Survey of Cornwall And an epistle concerning the excellencies of the English tongue by Carew, Richard
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