GLIMPSE


Meaning of GLIMPSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ glɪmps ]

( glimpses, glimpsing, glimpsed)

1.

If you get a glimpse of someone or something, you see them very briefly and not very well.

Some of the fans had waited 24 hours outside the Hyde Park Hotel to catch a glimpse of their heroine.

N-COUNT : usu N of n

2.

If you glimpse someone or something, you see them very briefly and not very well.

She glimpsed a group of people standing on the bank of a river.

VERB : V n

3.

A glimpse of something is a brief experience of it or an idea about it that helps you understand or appreciate it better.

As university campuses become increasingly multi-ethnic, they offer a glimpse of the conflicts society will face tomorrow.

...a glimpse into the future.

N-COUNT : usu N of n

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