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likeness

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likeness
1. noun
a) The state or quality of being like or alike; similitude; resemblance; similarity.

An enemy in the likeness of a friend.

b) Appearance or form; guise.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

See Also: like
2. verb
To depict.

I have this morning received the photographs of my two boys. The eldest is very well likenessed: the other, perhaps, not so well.


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  • likeness — noun 1) сходство (between между, to с); подобие 2) портрет; totake smb. s likeness писать с кого л. портрет; делать чью л. фотографию, фо тографировать кого л.; a good likeness схожий портрет 3) обличье, личина,образ; in the likeness of... под… …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

  • 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Appearance or form; guise. [1913 Webster] An enemy in the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • likeness — index analogy, appearance (look), color (complexion), conformity (agreement), copy, correspondence …   Law dictionary

  • likeness — ˈlaɪknɪs сущ. 1) сходство, схожесть (between между, to с); подобие to bear a likeness ≈ иметь сходство, быть похожим to catch a likeness ≈ улавливать сходство The artist caught the likeness. ≈ Художник уловил сх …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

  • likeness — noun Date: before 12th century 1. copy, portrait 2. appearance, semblance 3. the quality or state of being like ; resemblance Synonyms: likeness, similarity, resemblance, similitude, analogy mean agreement or correspondence in details. l …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • likeness — /luyk nis/, n. 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… …   Universalium

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  • likeness — употребляется в сочетаниях likeness of beds …   Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности

  • likeness — n 1. сходство; родственность; 2. портрет; фотография …   Англо-русский словарь по социологии

Фильмы

  • Freed China., 1950 — Shooting of Civil War. Celebrating anniversary of the founding of the PRC. Beijing and other cities, attractions, businesses, schools and universities, shops, transport, cultural facilities (theaters, libraries). Great Wall of China. Rivers, landscapes, pastures, grain fields. The Chinese are working in factories and fields, transportation on roads, construction of cities and housing. The signing of the loan. Distributing of seeds and tools, put on the ground. Rallies in support of peace. Elimination of illiteracy. Restoring destroyed during the civil war economy. Treaty of friendship and economic cooperation with the USSR. Meetings of the Party committees in the field and the Politburo of the CC CP of China with Mao Tse-tung and others. Life of Chinese in urban and rural areas. Maneuvers of the Red Army of China. Health care. Pioneer organization of the PRC. Sports competitions, amateur. The work of agitators. Wedding ceremony.
  • The Story about the Communist., 1976 — About the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR Leonid Brezhnev.
  • Heirs., 1978 — About the XVIII Congress of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League of the Soviet Union. A review film dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of the Leninist Young Communist League of the Soviet Union.