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like·ness
[lahyk-nis] Pronunciation Key
[lahyk-nis] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a representation, picture, or image, esp. a portrait: to draw a good likeness of Churchill. |
| 2. | the state or fact of being like: I can't get over your likeness to my friend. |
| 3. | the semblance or appearance of something; guise: to assume the likeness of a swan. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| like·ness
(līk'nĭs) Pronunciation Key
n.
Synonyms: These nouns denote agreement or conformity. Likeness implies close agreement: It was your uncanny likeness to my brother that made me stare at you. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| likeness | |
noun | |
| 1. | similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness" [ant: dissimilitude] |
| 2. | picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Likeness
Like"ness\, n. [AS. gel[=i]cnes.]1. The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable. 2. Appearance or form; guise. An enemy in the likeness of a friend. --L'Estrange. 3. That which closely resembles; a portrait. [How he looked] the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine. --Macaulay. 4. A comparison; parable; proverb. [Obs.] He said to them, Soothly ye shall say to me this likeness, Leech, heal thyself. --Wyclif (Luke iv. 23). Syn: Similarity; parallel; similitude; representation; portrait; effigy.
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