1 : the state of looking or being like someone or something else [singular] ▪ He bears/has a close/striking/strong/uncanny resemblance to his father. [=he looks a lot like his father] ▪ When she showed me her niece's picture, I immediately saw a/the family resemblance. [=a similarity in the way they look because they are related] [noncount] ▪ He doesn't look exactly like his father, but there is some resemblance. ▪ There is no resemblance between her and her sister. 2 [count] : something that makes one person or thing like another : similarity
▪ I noticed some resemblances between them. [=I noticed some ways in which they resemble each other]
▪ I noticed some resemblances between them. [=I noticed some ways in which they resemble each other]





