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1. noun1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) όραση2) (the area within which things can be seen by someone: The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight.) οπτικό πεδίο3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) αξιοθέατο4) (a view or glimpse.) άποψη,θέα5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) θέαμα6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) στόχαστρο2. verb1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) βλέπω,διακρίνω2) (to look at (something) through the sight of a gun: He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger.) στοχεύω•- sight-seer
- catch sight of
- lose sight of
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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
