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semblance
[ sem-bluhns ]
/ ˈsɛm bləns /
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noun
outward aspect or appearance.
an assumed or unreal appearance; show.
the slightest appearance or trace.
a likeness, image, or copy.
a spectral appearance; apparition.
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Words nearby semblance
Semarang, semasiology, sematic, sematology, semblable, semblance, semé, semei-, semeiotic, semeiotics, Semele
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British Dictionary definitions for semblance
semblance
/ (ˈsɛmbləns) /
noun
outward appearance, esp without any inner substance or reality
a resemblance or copy
Word Origin for semblance
C13: from Old French, from sembler to seem, from Latin simulāre to imitate, from similis like
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