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[ noun ] a quick look
Synonyms Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)Another source of NBC pride was its rare film_clip of Bix_Beiderbecke , but this view of the great trumpeter flew_by so fast that a prolonged wink would have blotted_out the entire glimpse . Related terms |
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[ verb ] catch a glimpse of or see briefly
Examples "We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine" Used in print (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)But even before that , Picasso had glimpsed and entered , for a moment , a certain revolutionary path in which no one had preceded him . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)At two thirty he sent Fujimoto to the top of the wall at the northeast corner of the mission to keep_an_eye_on the ridge road and give a signal when he first glimpsed the approach of Kayabashi 's party . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)She stood_up , smoothing her hair down , straightening her clothes , feeling a thankfulness for the enveloping darkness outside , and , above everything else , for the absence of the need to answer , to respond , to be aware even of Stowey coming_in or going_out , and yet , now that she was beginning to cook , she glimpsed a future without him , a future alone like this , and the pain made her head writhe , and in_a_moment she found it hard to wait for Lucretia to come with her guests . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a brief or incomplete view
Examples "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a vague indication
Examples "he caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning" Related terms |
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