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Synonyms for glimpse

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : glimps
Phonetic Transcription : glɪmps

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Définition of glimpse

Origin :
  • c.1400, "to glisten, be dazzling," probably from Old English *glimsian "shine faintly," from Proto-Germanic *glim- (see gleam). If so, the intrusive -p- would be there to ease pronunciation. Sense of "catch a quick view" first recorded mid-15c. Related: Glimpsed. The noun is recorded from mid-16c.; earlier in verbal noun glimpsing (mid-14c.).
  • noun brief look
  • verb look briefly
Example sentences :
  • I catch a glimpse of the grandness of your sister's meaning.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • I'll burn my copy before I will let you have a glimpse of it.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Yet how imperfect a glimpse do we obtain of him, through the medium of this, or any of his letters!
  • Extract from : « A Book of Autographs » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • I thought I had a glimpse of something behind that thick bush.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgon's Head » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • At the first glimpse of the terrible head of Medusa, they whitened into marble!
  • Extract from : « The Gorgon's Head » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Jim got the first glimpse, and slumped down on the locker sick.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • One morning he caught a glimpse of her for a moment, and realised that he could not give her up.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • With me this awakening came with my first glimpse of his eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • It will be excellent sport, I assure you, when they catch a glimpse of your figure.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • And in that moment he had a glimpse into the whole amazing truth.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

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