Complete Definition of "glimpse"

English

Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun

  1. A brief look, glance, or peek.

#: I only got a glimpse of the car, so I can tell you it was blue, but not what sort it was.

Translations
trans-top|a brief look
Dutch: glimps m
Finnish: vilahdus, pilkahdus
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Portuguese: t|pt|olhadela|f
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Verb
en-verb|glimps|ing

  1. transitive To see or view briefly or incompletely.

#: I have only begun to glimpse the magnitude of the problem.

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