sem‧blance/ˈsembləns/ noun [date : 1300-1400; Language : Old French; Origin : sembler 'to be like, seem'] a/some semblance of something a situation, condition etc that is close to or similar to a particular one, usually a good one: ▪ She was trying to get her thoughts back into some semblance of order. ▪ After the war, life returned to a semblance of normality.
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES some semblance of normality ▪ We’ll soon get back to some semblance of normality. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS VERB maintain ▪ Nobody has yet been discovered who maintains any semblance of normal health without sleeping. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And so it went on: a series of intrinsically meaningless turns that gained a semblance of significance through weekly repetition. ▪ How the giant machine swayed and staggered - until Juron gained a semblance of proper rhythm. ▪ Indeed for most of the first half Iron struggled to find any semblance of the form they later displayed after the interval. ▪ Old Chao puckered his face into a semblance of pain. ▪ Our people are denied even the semblance of political power, electing careerist politicians who allegedly represent our interests. ▪ The Celtics put it into overdrive in the third, effectively ending any semblance or thought of competition for the night. ▪ The Primarch's dead limbs were momentarily restored, all be it clad in a semblance of translucent rotting tissue. ▪ There will be just enough time for some semblance of the democratic process within the party to operate.
sem‧blance/ˈsembləns/ noun 