flash
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3.9
- noun
- /flæʃ/
- As for us, we can only remember flashes, but... we remember enough.
- a flash of insight
- a flash of genius
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- And it was it was a very, very, I think it's like a flash before my eyes while I'm dying moment.
Examples
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Learning by discovery can create flashes of insight and illumination.
Academic text (2004) -
In a flash, she understood the complicated math problem that had baffled her for hours.
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I saw a flash of his face.
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I had a sort of flash of what you've been missing.
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We'll live parallel to each other, she thinks to herself in a sudden flash of insight.
Fiction book (1993) -
Hundreds of images from Jacob's life flash before us: his birth, his childhood, his adulthood.
Fiction book (1990) -
Nynaeve opened her mouth, and Egwene felt a flash of anger; it was such a relief after fear.
Fiction book (1991) -
As I read the poem, a flash of inspiration struck me, and I quickly jotted down my thoughts.
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He had a sudden flash of realization when he recognized the importance of his decision.
Synonyms
118
3.2
A small sign of a feeling that may grow
74
3.5
A short, strong period of activity or feeling
44
3.7
A sudden bright light or flame that appears briefly
34
2.8
A very short moment that passes almost instantly
27
3.9
A brief unsteady flash of light, movement, or feeling
24
3.2
A short sudden increase in activity, speed or growth
4
2.5
A very short moment of time
1
4.1
A sudden strong feeling that makes you active and excited
1
3.5
A small first feeling that makes you want to know more
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
7
7.2
A person or thing that has a short time of success and then people forget them
Compounds
- Specialized
24
5.1
A sudden hot feeling and heavy sweating that often happens during menopause
- Texting
14
4.6
A group of people who suddenly gather in public to perform a planned unusual act and then leave
- Literature
9
7.5
A scene in a book or film that jumps ahead to show events in the future
- Specialized
1
7.5
The lowest temperature at which a liquid gives off enough vapor to catch fire in air
- Specialized
1
7.6
A very short, strong burst of heat from an explosion that can burn things nearby
- Specialized
1
6.8
A cloth badge worn on the shoulder of a military uniform that shows a soldier's unit
- Specialized
1
7.1
To join two metal pieces by heating their ends with electricity until they melt and pushing them together
- Specialized
A process that joins two metal pieces by melting their ends with electricity, often used for rails or pipes
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Flash for a sudden feeling or idea uses the same image of a quick bright moment, so a flash of inspiration or anger is a very short, strong feeling. That's why a flash of thought comes and goes almost at once.