glimpse
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3.0
- noun
- /ɡlɪmps/
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vistazo
- I caught a quick glimpse of the sunrise before the clouds covered it.
- catch a glimpse
- get a glimpse
- brief glimpse
And that would already be a glimpse of the spiritual dimension.
- And that would already be a glimpse of the spiritual dimension.
- It gives us at least a glimpse of how connected we all are.
- There was something to be seen, but only in fleeting glimpses, unpredictable glimpses.
- So that's truly, I think kind of a a glimpse of the true nature of this business.
- Swear throughout the story you're seeing glimpses of like the previous characters from the other book.
- DMT grants us this brief but astonishing glimpse at this remarkable hyperdimensional heritage.
Examples
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Anyway, in the last few days, I caught a glimpse of the old us.
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Yet it gave us a tantalizing glimpse of a brave new world of finance.
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We're just getting our first glimpse of our home for the night.
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And many people before they die, get a glimpse of what is to come.
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And their vision and their hard work gives us a real glimpse of what the world could be like.
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Historical evidence also provides a glimpse into the business of arts education in the United States.
Academic text (2013) -
If you look to your left, you may catch a glimpse of them now.
Fiction book (1990) -
If the rain lets up, we'll get a glimpse of some of the animals at night.
Fiction book (1990) -
From them, it is possible to get a glimpse of migrants' experiences.
Academic text (1993) -
This just shows a brief glimpse of my studio in Hawaii.
Synonyms
222
1.4
A quick look that lasts a short time
162
2.1
A quick secret look at something
29
4.0
A short look inside something not usually seen
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7.1
A quick look at something
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3.2
A quick check of something to find obvious problems
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1.9
A quick look that gives enough information at once
A quick look that shows the main parts
Idioms
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Glimpse comes from an old word for 'a flash of light', the same idea you have in glimmer. So a glimpse is like catching a very short, quick view of something.