to glimpse
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3.2
- verb
- /ɡlɪmps/
:
vislumbrar
- Through the trees, I managed to glimpse the deer as it darted away.
- allow us to glimpse
- only to glimpse
- able to glimpse
And then we get to glimpse them as they run past on the way to doing a thing.
- And then we get to glimpse them as they run past on the way to doing a thing.
- Now, I might be after a beat, but I get to glimpse the brief interlude right between the two.
- We have a vast number of point of view characters and then many other characters who are being glimpsed through those character's eyes.
- But there's a longer passage where this guy Clifton in More than Fire, who's glimpsed first in the lava light world right in in the palace.
- The Pairs, as a kind of imperfectionist moment, glimpses the power of sin.
Examples
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He was able to glimpse the new building under construction before it was completely finished.
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Through the haze, she thought she glimpsed their old shelters, the black hides frosted with snow.
Fiction book (1990) -
And then we get to glimpse them as they run past on the way to doing a thing.
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All while we glimpse the dawn of electric self driving cars.
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You have seen us, been permitted to glimpse our world.
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Through the heavy bars, we glimpse a little pair of hands, a pair of frightened eyes...
Fiction book (1992) -
In these moments, we glimpsed a world as we want it to be.
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From the fifth floor at Diekman's, I glimpsed Canada across the Detroit River.
Fiction book (1990) -
Through the bright windows, Roland glimpsed rich men, rich women, dressed in shimmering fabrics.
Fiction book (1990) -
There were other houses, large villas scarcely glimpsed beyond closed gates and burgeoning gardens.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.5
To look quickly at someone or something
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2.0
Look quickly at someone or something
88
2.8
To see someone or something for a short time
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3.4
To see someone or something for a very short time
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2.8
To suddenly see something for a short time
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3.0
To see something for a short time, usually by chance
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2.4
To see someone or something suddenly and for a short time
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9.9
To see something partly or far away
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Etymology
Glimpse comes from an old word meaning 'a quick flash', related to glimmer, so to glimpse is to see someone or something only for a moment, like a light that appears and then disappears.