Definition of glimpse in English:
glimpse
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noun
A momentary or partial view.
‘she caught a glimpse of the ocean’- ‘a glimpse into the world of the wealthy’
- ‘Trying to look past the dull conversation, I caught a glimpse of red from the corner of my eye.’
- ‘The only thing is during all of this, I caught a glimpse of his face and he looked so familiar.’
- ‘She peeked round the corner and caught a glimpse of a police car going slowly down the street.’
- ‘He didn't look at her but she caught a glimpse of his misty grey eyes, they seemed far away.’
- ‘She looked around the beautifully adorned room and caught a glimpse of herself in a round oval mirror.’
- ‘He caught a glimpse of my wallet pic of Colin, only a glimpse though.’
- ‘He glanced around the trunk and caught a glimpse of a shape moving through the trees.’
- ‘I toss opportunities like coins, and call tails when I've already caught a glimpse of the queen's crown.’
- ‘I still recall one Sunday morning when I caught a glimpse of them outside.’
- ‘As he spun around in his child like dance, he caught a glimpse of something off the side of the boat.’
- ‘When the reeds parted, he caught a glimpse of her, and yes, there she was, the river goddess.’
- ‘A large gasp emerged from my throat as I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror.’
- ‘In the mirror, I caught my first glimpse of his face without the ironwork interrupting his features.’
- ‘As he spun her around, I could get brief glimpses of her face.’
- ‘You get only fleeting glimpses of the action and you are surrounded by people becoming progressively more drunk.’
- ‘You're just showing tantalizing glimpses of your uberflat tummy!’
- ‘And I was left with the feeling of having been granted a glimpse of heaven.’
- ‘For once, there were no fans hanging around waiting to have a glimpse of their favourite star.’
- ‘Rolling her eyes, her father caught glimpse in the mirror.’
- ‘I kept shooting glimpses over my shoulder at all the people who passed me by.’
brief look, quick lookView synonyms
Pronunciation
transitive verb
[with object]1See or perceive briefly or partially.
‘he glimpsed a figure standing in the shade’- ‘Everyone here has heard the stories - or maybe, been on a convoy through the green zone, briefly glimpsed the way that other half lives.’
- ‘We briefly glimpse him alive and well before he is blown from his horse by a shell that destroys a significant part of his face.’
- ‘He briefly glimpses a woman running down the wooded path, but she is far away and disappears around a corner before he can look more closely.’
- ‘I've never been entirely comfortable here, and on a couple of occasions I've glimpsed figures on or near the stairs.’
- ‘The young girl's mind was on the mysterious figure she had glimpsed the night before.’
- ‘So here, imagination allows us to glimpse truths of a kind that seem to elude reason operating alone.’
- ‘Complex analysis of the international tale of the hero or heroine who glimpses a forbidden sight and suffers for it.’
- ‘He happened to glimpse the clock and realized he had lost track of the time.’
- ‘From the opposite ends of the political spectrum, we had each glimpsed a piece of the same truth.’
- ‘To tell the truth, I couldn't glimpse a trace of any such crisis in the mesmerizing flow of this work.’
- ‘The headmaster glimpsed in memory the little suburban classroom.’
- ‘It shows a way of life rarely glimpsed on children's TV - a Scottish island community, authentic down to the accents.’
- ‘However, the company did not forget the possibilities it had glimpsed.’
- ‘Crucially, this was when I glimpsed for the first time a world of wealth and privilege, very different from mine.’
- ‘I have been in the Cabinet and have glimpsed very senior political office and it's not everything it's made out to be.’
- ‘Part of the continuing allure of police action films is the chance to get under the skin of a criminal, to glimpse into an alien world.’
- ‘Through its hundreds of rooms, visitors can glimpse how life went on at court.’
- ‘Maybe that's what a poet's job is: to make you glimpse what you have never seen for yourself.’
- ‘It's like glimpsing in on a day in the life of the '70s.’
- ‘Sleep leaves me and I groggily sit up, glimpsing at my watch.’
catch sight of, catch a glimpse of, get a glimpse of, see briefly, get a sight of, notice, discern, spot, spy, sight, note, pick out, make outView synonyms- 1.1 archaic no object Shine or appear faintly or intermittently.‘glowworms glimpsing in the dark’
- ‘Rare rays of sunlight glimpsed through the clouds, shining onto the square.’
Pronunciation
Origin
Middle English (in the sense ‘shine faintly’): probably of Germanic origin; related to Middle High German glimsen, also to glimmer.
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