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sem·blance
(sĕm′bləns)n.
1. An outward or token appearance: "Foolish men mistake transitory semblance for eternal fact" (Thomas Carlyle).
2. A representation; a copy.
3. The barest trace; a modicum: not a semblance of truth to the story.
[Middle English, from Old French, from sembler, to resemble; see semblable.]
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semblance
(ˈsɛmbləns)n
1. outward appearance, esp without any inner substance or reality
2. a resemblance or copy
[C13: from Old French, from sembler to seem, from Latin simulāre to imitate, from similis like]
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sem•blance
(ˈsɛm bləns)n.
1. outward aspect or appearance.
2. an assumed or unreal appearance; show.
3. the slightest appearance or trace.
4. a likeness, image, or copy.
5. a spectral appearance; apparition.
[1250–1300; < Middle French, <sembl(er) to seem (see resemble)]
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| Noun | 1. | semblance - an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color" appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing color of law, colour of law - a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law; "the plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights" simulacrum - an insubstantial or vague semblance face value - the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth guise, pretence, pretext, pretense - an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" camouflage, disguise - an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories" verisimilitude - the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true |
| 2. |  semblance - an erroneous mental representation fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow, apparition - something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" appearance - a mental representation; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police" irradiation - the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background phantom limb - the illusion that a limb still exists after it has been amputated | |
| 3. | semblance - picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing Identikit, Identikit picture - a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought |
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semblance
noun appearance, show, form, air, figure, front, image, bearing, aspect, mask, similarity, resemblance, guise, façade, pretence, veneer, likeness, mien They had nursed Peter back to some semblance of health.
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semblance
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Translations
شِبْه، مَظْهَر خارجي
podobazdání
líking, svipur, mynd
līdzībalīdzīgums
semblance
[ˈsembləns] N → apariencia fwhen they have restored the country to some semblance of order → cuando hayan devuelto al país cierta apariencia de normalidad
without a semblance of regret → sin mostrar ningún remordimiento
without a semblance of fear → sin dar señal alguna de miedo
to put on a semblance of sorrow → procurar mostrarse or parecer triste
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
semblance
[ˈsɛmbləns] n → semblant ma semblance of sth → un semblant de qch
At least a semblance of normality has been restored to parts of the country → Certaines parties du pays ont retrouvé au moins un semblant de normalité.
some semblance of sth → un semblant de qch
They had nursed Peter back to some semblance of health → Il avaient soigné Peter et lui avaient redonné un semblant de santé.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
semblance
n (with def art) → Anschein m → (of von); (with indef art) → Anflug m → (of von); without a semblance of a smile → ohne den leisesten Anflug eines Lächelns; to maintain some semblance of order → den Anschein von Ordnung wahren; he had the semblance of an experienced lawyer → er erweckte den Anschein eines erfahrenen Anwalts; I saw in him the semblance of his father (liter) → ich konnte in ihm die Ähnlichkeit mit seinem Vater erkennen; it possessed some semblance of reality (liter) → es schien beinahe Wirklichkeit zu sein (liter)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
semblance
(ˈsembləns) noun an appearance or likeness. I have to coach them into some semblance of a football team by Saturday.
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