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–noun

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.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < MF, equiv. to sembl(er) to seem (see resemble) + -ance -ance

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—Synonyms 1. aspect, exterior, mien, air. 2. seeming.

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sem·blance Audio Help (sěm'bləns) Pronunciation Key
n.

An outward or token appearance: "Foolish men mistake transitory semblance for eternal fact" (Thomas Carlyle).
A representation; a copy.
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

c.1300, "fact of appearing to view," from O.Fr. semblance, semblant "likeness, appearance," from sembler "to seem, appear," from L. simulare "to resemble, imitate," from similis "like" (see similar). Meaning "person's appearance or demeanor" is attested from c.1400; that of "false, assumed or deceiving appearance" is from 1599. Meaning "person or thing that resembles another" is attested from 1513.

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semblance
noun
1.	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"
2.	an erroneous mental representation [syn: illusion]
3.	picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing [syn: likeness]

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semblance [ˈsembləns] noun

an appearance or likeness
Example: I have to coach them into some semblance of a football team by Saturday.

Arabic:	شِبْه، مَظْهَر خارجي
Chinese (Simplified):	外表
Chinese (Traditional):	外表
Czech:	podoba, zdání
Danish:	noger, som ligner
Dutch:	schijn
Estonian:	sarnasus, väljanägemine
Finnish:	näköisyys
French:	semblant
German:	die Gestalt
Greek:	εμφάνιση, ομοιότητα
Hungarian:	hasonlóság
Icelandic:	líking, svipur, mynd
Indonesian:	kemiripan bentuk
Italian:	somiglianza

Japanese:	外観
Korean:	외관, 외형
Latvian:	līdzība; līdzīgums
Lithuanian:	išvaizda, panašumas
Norwegian:	skinn, likhet
Polish:	pozór, podobieństwo
Portuguese (Brazil):	algo semelhante
Portuguese (Portugal):	semelhança
Romanian:	asemănare
Russian:	подобие, сходство
Slovak:	zdanie
Slovenian:	videz
Spanish:	apariencia
Swedish:	skepnad, likhet
Turkish:	görünüm, hava