semblance

sem·blance  (smblns)

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.

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[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

[from Old French, from sembler to seem, from Latin simulāre to imitate, from similis like]

Thesaurus

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" gloss, color, colour 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   illusion 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 likeness 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 ikon, picture, icon, image - a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them" portrait, portrayal - any likeness of a person, in any medium; "the photographer made excellent portraits"

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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.

Translations

semblance [ˈsembləns] N → apariencia f
when 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

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semblance [ˈsɛmbləns] n → semblant m
a 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.

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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)

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semblance [ˈsɛmbləns] n → parvenza, apparenza

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semblance

n semblance [ˈsembləns]

an appearance or likeness I have to coach them into some semblance of a football team by Saturday. gelykenis شِبْه، مَظْهَر خارجي подобие podoba, zdání noger, som ligner die Gestalt εμφάνιση, ομοιότητα apariencia sarnasus, väljanägemine ظاهر näköisyys semblant דִמיוֹן आकृति, रूप, आकार sličnost, lik hasonlóság kemiripan bentuk líking, svipur, mynd somiglianza 外観 모습 išvaizda, panašumas līdzība; līdzīgums diperlihatkan schijn skinn, likhet pozór, podobieństwo semelhança ase­mă­nare подобие, сходство zdanie videz sličnost skepnad, likhet รูปร่าง; ความคล้ายคลึง görünüm, hava 樣子，相似 схожість, подібність ظاہری یا اوپری طور پر دھارا ہوا sự giống 外表