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Meaning of "glancing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GLANCING

glancing  [ˈɡlɑːnsɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLANCING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Glancing is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GLANCING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of glancing in the English dictionary

The definition of glancing in the dictionary is hitting something at an angle.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GLANCING


all-dancing
ɔːlˈdɑːnsɪŋ
balancing
ˈbælənsɪŋ
bouncing
ˈbaʊnsɪŋ
conferencing
ˈkɒnfərənsɪŋ
conveyancing
kənˈveɪənsɪŋ
convincing
kənˈvɪnsɪŋ
dancing
ˈdɑːnsɪŋ
entrancing
ɪnˈtrɑːnsɪŋ
fencing
ˈfɛnsɪŋ
financing
ˈfaɪnænsɪŋ
Lansing
ˈlænsɪŋ
licensing
ˈlaɪsənsɪŋ
life-enhancing
laɪf ɪnˈhɑːnsɪŋ
refinancing
ˌriːfɪˈnænsɪŋ
remote-sensing
rɪˈməʊtˌsɛnsɪŋ
ropedancing
ˈrəʊpˌdɑːnsɪŋ
sequencing
ˈsiːkwənsɪŋ
square-dancing
ˈskwɛəˌdɑːnsɪŋ
stepdancing
ˈstɛpˌdɑːnsɪŋ
tap-dancing
tæp ˈdɑːnsɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLANCING

glance
glancer
glancingly
gland
glandered
glanderous
glanders
glandes
glandiferous
glandiform
glandless
glandlike
glandular
glandular fever
glandularly
glandule
glanduliferous
glandulous
glandulously
glans

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLANCING

all-singing all-dancing
all-singing, all-dancing
ballroom dancing
break dancing
country dancing
dad dancing
disco dancing
DNA sequencing
fixed-rate financing
folk dancing
gene sequencing
lap dancing
line dancing
mincing
morris dancing
old-time dancing
pole dancing
pricing
teleconferencing
unconvincing
video conferencing

Synonyms and antonyms of glancing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GLANCING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «glancing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of glancing

Translation of «glancing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLANCING

Find out the translation of glancing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of glancing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «glancing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一眼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mirando
570 millions of speakers

English

glancing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

glancing
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نظرة عابرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

взглянув
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

olhando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নেত্রপাত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

regardant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melirik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blick
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

かすめる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이기는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Glancing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

liếc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கண்ணோட்டமிடுவது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लक्ष वेधून घेणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bakarak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

guardando
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zerkając
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

глянувши
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανακλώμενη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skrams
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ögna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skotter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of glancing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLANCING»

The term «glancing» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.377 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GLANCING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about glancing

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QUOTES WITH «GLANCING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word glancing.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLANCING»

Discover the use of glancing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to glancing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Glancing: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Familiar Quotations GiftingPatriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility. Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill and calling for larger spurs and brighter beaks.
‎2008
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Looking forward, glancing back: Northwest Designer Craftsmen ...
Looking Forward, Glancing Back documents the fiftieth anniversary of the five-state craft membership organization Northwest Designer Craftsmen, with 136 colour photographs of art objects made by its members.
Lloyd E. Herman, Northwest Designer-Craftsmen (Association), Whatcom Museum of History and Art, 2004
3
A Glancing Light
Aaron Elkins. but a capacious, dark dress of indeterminate style. "Well," she said, "you're here to talk about the arrangements for your show, yes? So let's talk about them. Come." She stumped out of the room. I followed. With Clara, that's what ...
Aaron Elkins, 2014
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Just Peacemakers: An Introduction to Peace and Justice
In this way peacemakers may reach the part of the other person that is really able to make peace, outwardly as well as inwardly.1 Akin to compassionate listening is benevolent glancing. In Western culture, we are conditioned to think of our ...
Mary Evelyn Jegen, 2006
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Optical Characterization of Thin Films Produced by Glancing ...
Resultant films of suitable materials have many useful optical properties. To optimize these properties, a full characterization of optical GLAD films was performed in this work using spectroscopic and Mueller matrix ellipsometry.
James Paul Gospodyn, 2008
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Growth, Structure and Applications of Nanorods by Glancing ...
Glancing angle deposition (GLAD) is a thin-film deposition technique where the deposition flux, consisting of atoms and molecules from gas phase, impinges on substrate at oblique angles, resulting in highly under-dense, columnar ...
Sree RangaSai V. Kesapragada, 2006
7
Character Modeling
Either way, the most important feature of highlights on skin is the fresnel effect— how they become stronger and wider at more glancing angles of light. Highlights Let's look closer at the GlanceSpec. You can see it at its strongest here on the ...
Daniel Wade, 2005
8
The poetical works and letters of Robert Burns
On Cessnock Banks there lives a lass ; Could I describe her shape and mien, The graces of her weel-faured face, And the glancing of her sparkling een ! She's fresher than the morning dawn When rising Phoebus first is seen, When dewdrops ...
Robert Burns, 1859
9
Chiasms: Merleau-Ponty's Notion of Flesh
In glancing, I am conscious of glancing from here, the place of my bodily situatedness. More exactly, I glance from here to there (though not back again: except in the case of glancing at myself in the mirror, glancing lacks the reflexivity of ...
Fred Evans, Leonard Lawlor, 2000
10
X-Ray Optics: High-Energy-Resolution Applications
The equation establishes a relation of the glancing angle of reflection 6'c at the center of the total reflection region to the radiation wavelength Ac, as well as to the glancing angle of incidence 0c, and azimuthal angle of incidence 0c via the ...
Yuri Shvyd'ko, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLANCING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term glancing is used in the context of the following news items.
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Recap: Sporting KC claims 1-0 win at first place Vancouver
... set up the decisive goal when Ellis timed his run perfectly and met a pinpoint pass from Nemeth with a glancing header inside the far post. «Sporting Kansas City, Jul 15»
2
Locals Reporting from Egypt: Does the Pyramid's Magnitude …
Egypt is a crowded railcar with death lurking around the corner for the last one out, Hussama says, glancing to the rearview mirror. ***. It seems ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
3
Rescue plan for Cheltenham mall is taking shape
"There's, like, nothing in there," Kayla Smith-Campbell said Tuesday, glancing across the parking lot where a DSW shoe store closed last ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
4
UFC 189: The greatest card of all time?
... pretty slow, with MacDonald trying to capitalize on his range advantage and close distance quickly on Lawler for some quick, glancing blows. «Contra Costa Times, Jul 15»
5
Under the yellow moon
As riders pass us in ones and twos, glancing at the three of us helping our deflated clubmate replace her inner tube, I notice that the moon is a ... «road.cc, Jul 15»
6
Whitecaps: The Game Essentials
A glancing Tim Parker header as headed off the line at the far post by SKC midfielder Benny Feilhaber. Kansas City found its stride early in the ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
7
All that glitters is still gold for Smash Mouth
You're in a grocery store or something and you think people might be glancing your way, but as soon as 'All Star' comes on, everyone is ... «Herald-Mail Media, Jul 15»
8
Doug's Diggings: Television stars dropped into town in July 1990
I was reminded of that when I was glancing through a Star-Observer from July 12, 1990. The front page story was about Tim Conway and Henry ... «Hudson Star Observer, Jul 15»
9
Today In History
Hurricane Dennis dealt a glancing blow to the Florida Keys. A panda cub, later named Tai Shan (ty shawn), was born at the National Zoo in ... «Waterbury Republican American, Jul 15»
10
Hovering or neglectful: Where are you at the playground?
I'd love to be able to sit down and read a few chapters of a book (of course glancing up periodically) while my kids play, but I'm not quite there ... «BabyCenter, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Glancing [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/glancing>. May 2024 ».
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