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glimpse (noun)

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  • glimpse — ► NOUN ▪ a momentary or partial view. ► VERB ▪ see briefly or partially. ORIGIN originally in the sense «shine faintly»: probably Germanic, related to GLIMMER(Cf. ↑glimmering) …   English terms dictionary

  • glimpse — (v.) c.1400, to glisten, be dazzling, probably from O.E. *glimsian shine faintly, from P.Gmc. *glim (see GLEAM (Cf. gleam)). If so, the intrusive p would be there to ease pronunciation. Sense of catch a quick view first recorded mid 15c. Related …   Etymology dictionary

  • glimpse — noun a momentary or partial view. verb see briefly or partially. Origin ME (in the sense shine faintly ): prob. of Gmc origin; related to glimmer …   English new terms dictionary

  • glimpse — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 brief sight of sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, fleeting, the merest, momentary, quick ▪ occasional, rare ▪ Th …   Collocations dictionary

  • glimpse — I UK [ɡlɪmps] / US noun [countable] Word forms glimpse : singular glimpse plural glimpses * 1) an occasion when you see someone or something for a moment only glimpse of: The crowd were anxious for a glimpse of the President. Every so often she… …   English dictionary

  • glimpse — glimpse1 [ glımps ] noun count * 1. ) an occasion when you see someone or something for a moment only: glimpse of: The crowd were anxious for a glimpse of the President. Every so often she got a fleeting (=very quick) glimpse of the church… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • glimpse — 1 verb (T) 1 to see someone or something for a moment without getting a complete view of them: I glimpsed her face in the crowd, but then she was gone see glance 2 2 to begin to understand something for a moment: He glimpsed the despair that she… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • glimpse — /glɪmps / (say glimps) noun 1. a momentary sight or view. 2. a momentary or slight appearance. 3. a vague idea; inkling. 4. Obsolete a gleam, as of light. –verb (glimpsed, glimpsing) –verb (t) 5. to catch a glimpse of. –verb (i) 6. Obsolete …  

  • glimpse — [glɪmps] noun [C] I 1) an occasion when you see someone or something for a very short time I only caught a glimpse of it, but I think it was a fox.[/ex] 2) an experience that gives you an idea of what something is like a glimpse of what the… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • glimpse — 1. noun A brief look, glance, or peek. I only got a glimpse of the car, so I can tell you it was blue, but not what sort it was. 2. verb To see or view briefly or incompletely …   Wiktionary

  • glimpse — [14] Glimpse originally meant ‘shine faintly’. It comes from the same Germanic source (*glaim , *glim ) as produced English gleam and glimmer. The modern sense ‘see briefly’ developed in the 18th century from the noun glimpse, originally a… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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