physical resemblance

collocation in English

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physical
adjective
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/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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resemblance
noun[C or U]
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/rɪˈzem.bləns/us
/rɪˈzem.bləns/
the fact that two people or things look like each other or are similar in some ...
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(Definition ofphysicalandresemblancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofphysical resemblance

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The term icon refers to a sign that bears somephysicalresemblanceto the object it represents.
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Physicalresemblanceis one obvious candidate.
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This was done to assure that the chosen actors who would work predominantly alongside each other had a strong rapport andphysicalresemblance.
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It is implied that he is male, approximately 19 years old, and bears aphysicalresemblanceto his father.
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He had a pleasant personality and a strongphysicalresemblanceto his father.
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He was cast because of hisphysicalresemblanceto the real subject of the song, in that they were both tall with dark hair.
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Thephysicalresemblanceis so close, when fruit and flowers are absent in the field, few people without technical training can tell them apart.
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Their greatphysicalresemblanceis a source of conflict.
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Despite theirphysicalresemblanceto pigs and other terrestrial even-toed ungulates, their closest living relatives are cetaceans (whales, porpoises, etc.) from which they diverged about.
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Normally the similarity is only by an imaginedphysicalresemblance, between two different species, one extinct, the other extant.
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Furlan was glad to have such a beautiful partner, and noted theirphysicalresemblance.
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They noted that, while thephysicalresemblancewas imported almost wholesale, the character lacked the same wit as its inspiration.
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This was done to assure the chosen actors who would work together had a strong rapport andphysicalresemblance.
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The political decoy is an individual who has been selected because of their strongphysicalresemblanceto the person they are impersonating.
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A transcript shows one of the agents remarking she bore aphysicalresemblanceto her sibling.
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The contrast of its modernity is thus muted by thephysicalresemblancebetween the two buildings, representing architectural styles 2000 years apart.
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Due to aphysicalresemblancewith one of the suspects, he probably was mistaken by witnesses.
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A transcript shows one of the agents remarking she bore aphysicalresemblanceto her brother.
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