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Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.
Anaxagoras

Meaning of "glimpse" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GLIMPSE

Of Germanic origin; compare Middle High German glimsen to glimmer.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GLIMPSE

glimpse  [ɡlɪmps] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLIMPSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Glimpse is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb glimpse in English.

WHAT DOES GLIMPSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of glimpse in the English dictionary

The first definition of glimpse in the dictionary is a brief or incomplete view. Other definition of glimpse is a vague indication. Glimpse is also a glimmer of light.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GLIMPSE

PRESENT

Present
I glimpse
you glimpse
he/she/it glimpses
we glimpse
you glimpse
they glimpse
Present continuous
I am glimpsing
you are glimpsing
he/she/it is glimpsing
we are glimpsing
you are glimpsing
they are glimpsing
Present perfect
I have glimpsed
you have glimpsed
he/she/it has glimpsed
we have glimpsed
you have glimpsed
they have glimpsed
Present perfect continuous
I have been glimpsing
you have been glimpsing
he/she/it has been glimpsing
we have been glimpsing
you have been glimpsing
they have been glimpsing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I glimpsed
you glimpsed
he/she/it glimpsed
we glimpsed
you glimpsed
they glimpsed
Past continuous
I was glimpsing
you were glimpsing
he/she/it was glimpsing
we were glimpsing
you were glimpsing
they were glimpsing
Past perfect
I had glimpsed
you had glimpsed
he/she/it had glimpsed
we had glimpsed
you had glimpsed
they had glimpsed
Past perfect continuous
I had been glimpsing
you had been glimpsing
he/she/it had been glimpsing
we had been glimpsing
you had been glimpsing
they had been glimpsing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will glimpse
you will glimpse
he/she/it will glimpse
we will glimpse
you will glimpse
they will glimpse
Future continuous
I will be glimpsing
you will be glimpsing
he/she/it will be glimpsing
we will be glimpsing
you will be glimpsing
they will be glimpsing
Future perfect
I will have glimpsed
you will have glimpsed
he/she/it will have glimpsed
we will have glimpsed
you will have glimpsed
they will have glimpsed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been glimpsing
you will have been glimpsing
he/she/it will have been glimpsing
we will have been glimpsing
you will have been glimpsing
they will have been glimpsing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would glimpse
you would glimpse
he/she/it would glimpse
we would glimpse
you would glimpse
they would glimpse
Conditional continuous
I would be glimpsing
you would be glimpsing
he/she/it would be glimpsing
we would be glimpsing
you would be glimpsing
they would be glimpsing
Conditional perfect
I would have glimpse
you would have glimpse
he/she/it would have glimpse
we would have glimpse
you would have glimpse
they would have glimpse
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been glimpsing
you would have been glimpsing
he/she/it would have been glimpsing
we would have been glimpsing
you would have been glimpsing
they would have been glimpsing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you glimpse
we let´s glimpse
you glimpse
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to glimpse
Past participle
glimpsed
Present Participle
glimpsing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GLIMPSE


bumps
ˈbʌmps
dumps
dʌmps
glumps
ɡlʌmps
gramps
ɡræmps
grumps
ˈɡrʌmps
mumps
mʌmps
nimps
nɪmps
no-trumps
ˌnəʊˈtrʌmps
timps
tɪmps
trumps
trʌmps

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLIMPSE

gliding
glidingly
gliff
glift
glim
glime
glimmer
glimmering
glimmeringly
glimmery
glimpser
Glinka
glint
glinty
glioblastoma
glioma
gliomata
gliomatosis
gliomatous
gliosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLIMPSE

annular eclipse
apocalypse
apse
collapse
copse
corpse
eclipse
elapse
ellipse
incorpse
lapse
lunar eclipse
partial eclipse
prolapse
relapse
solar eclipse
synapse
total eclipse
traipse
trapse

Synonyms and antonyms of glimpse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GLIMPSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «glimpse» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of glimpse
butcher´s · clock · descry · espy · gander · glance · look · peek · peep · shufti · sight · sighting · spot · spy · squint · view

Translation of «glimpse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLIMPSE

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

Translator English - Chinese

一瞥
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vislumbre
570 millions of speakers

English

glimpse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झलक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لمحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

проблеск
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

relance
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আভাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aperçu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sekilas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blick
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ちらりと見ること
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잠깐 봄
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ndeleng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cái nhìn thoáng qua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பார்வை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झलक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belirti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rapida occhiata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spojrzenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

проблиск
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bucatica
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ματιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glimt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

glimt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of glimpse

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLIMPSE»

The term «glimpse» is very widely used and occupies the 13.820 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GLIMPSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «glimpse» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «glimpse» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «GLIMPSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word glimpse.
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J. J. Abrams
When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made - at least had a glimpse when I went on the Universal Studios tour with my grandfather, I remember feeling like this was another means by which I could do magic.
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Anaxagoras
Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.
3
George Berkeley
The eye by long use comes to see even in the darkest cavern: and there is no subject so obscure but we may discern some glimpse of truth by long poring on it.
4
Kate Bosworth
That's the funniest thing about portraying certain things on screen, sitting next to your parents and they get to see this glimpse of me kissing another guy.
5
Gabriel Byrne
I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be a mirror of who we are as human beings and as a culture, and offers a glimpse of where we're headed.
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Simon Callow
Having caught a glimpse of what I might be able to do with my talent, I feel a tremendous obligation to try to fulfill it.
7
Albert Camus
Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.
8
John Carney
I dropped out of school at 17 and joined the Irish band The Frames, getting my first glimpse into the world of professional film making while shooting of a number of rock videos.
9
Lydia M. Child
Home - that blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to carry it thither, as on an angel's wings.
10
Andrea Corr
I love watching people, and that's what I do; just go for a walk at about 4 o'clock, and go down a busy street, where you see people coming out of school and you get a glimpse of their lives, what they're talking about.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLIMPSE»

Discover the use of glimpse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to glimpse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Glimpse
London, in the not too distant future, and people are now divided into Pures and Crazies, according to the results of a DNA test, with the Crazies sectioned off to live within 'the City', on the other side of the Community wall.
Claire Merle, 2012
2
Glimpse
Living with their mother who earns money as a prostitute, two sisters take care of each other and when the older one attempts suicide, the younger one tries to uncover the reason.
Carol Lynch Williams, 2012
3
Glimpse: A Telling Tattle
In doing so, "Glimpse" profiles the outlandish predicaments of dashhing and crashing through adversity. Without a doubt, Glimpse personifies a true tale of "What you see is what you get.
D. S. Sully, 2011
4
A Glimpse of Hell: The Explosion on the Uss Iowa and Its ...
Probes the explosion of the center gun on the USS Iowa, a disaster that killed several sailors onboard instantly, and the fouled investigation that took followed, resulting in a large-scale cover-up that almost ruined forever the reputation ...
Charles C. Thompson, 1999
5
A Glimpse Into Glory
Thousands knew her as a ''woman of miracles'', but perhaps Kathryn Kuhlman's greatest gift for God's Kingdom was her ability to teach.
Kathryn Kuhlman, 2012
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Glimpse
Occasionally we achieve a clearer and deeper look at the centre through a glimpse than would have been possible if we were intimate, thickly loaded with history and expectations.
Pete Sarsfield, 2007
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Residuated Lattices: An Algebraic Glimpse at Substructural ...
This is also where we begin investigating lattices of logics and varieties, rather than particular examples. We continue in this vein by presenting a number of results concerning minimal varieties/maximal logics.
Nikolaos Galatos, Peter Jipsen, Tomasz Kowalski, 2007
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Glimpse: Selected Aphorisms
Glimpse is a book of 409 aphorisms, a form that straddles the line between poetry and philosophy, yet is likely more accessible to the general public than either.
George Murray, 2010
9
A Glimpse of Heaven: One Woman's Life-Altering Visit with God
Shared within the covers of this book are experiences and insights that will convince you of God's great love for each of His children, His desire to be a daily part of our lives, and that each of us has come to earth to fulfill a unique ...
Joanna Lynn Oblander, Joanna Oblander
10
The Realist Short Story of the Powerful Glimpse: Chekhov to ...
An aesthetic perspective on the short fiction of Chekhov, Joyce, Hemingway, OConnor, and Carver
Kerry McSweeney, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLIMPSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term glimpse is used in the context of the following news items.
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Glimpse of History: Pie-eating for prizes in Watchung
If you would like to share a photo that provides a glimpse of history in your community, please call 973-836-4922 or send an email to ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
2
Two Yankees prospects flashed a glimpse of the near future
Aaron Judge (left) and Gary Sanchez participated in the MLB Futures Game on Sunday. Photo: Getty Images (2) ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
3
'Batman v. Superman' trailer delivers first glimpse of Wonder Woman
So spoke Jesse Eisenberg, in the role of Lex Luthor in the brand new trailer for “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.” The new footage was ... «fox8.com, Jul 15»
4
Photo album offers glimpse of 130-year-old Kodiak murder
Photo album offers glimpse of 130-year-old Kodiak murder. Anjuli Grantham. July 12, 2015. Email Print Text Size -A +A. Schooner Kodiak under sail in ... «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»
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First glimpse of Wolverhampton's £10m Interchange 10 building
The £10.6 million building is part of the city council's wider regeneration plans, and is the second phase in a scheme that also includes the ... «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»
6
Paris autumn/winter 2015 collections: Finally a glimpse of the …
Fashion is all about the pursuit of the new and the next. Each collection we see is a glimpse into the future, post-dated; a portent of what is, ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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First Glimpse of Apocalypse on 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Comic-Con …
Meet En Sabah Nur. This weekend at Comic-Con 2015, director Bryan Singer debuted the first two minutes of raw footage in Hall H from the ... «First Showing, Jul 15»
8
Gaar Mansion: Get a glimpse of Richmond history
Tour guide Margaret Wotherspoon is saddened whenever she hears Richmond residents say they've never been inside the Gaar Mansion ... «Richmond, Jul 15»
9
Glimpse of 2015 Taos Pueblo Powwow
Dancers enter arena during Saturday afternoon's (July 11) Grand Entry. The 30th annual Taos Pueblo Powwow is July 10-12, 2015. «taosnews, Jul 15»
10
'Mockingbird Next Door' Gives a Rare Glimpse into Harper Lee's Life
The famously press-shy author Harper Lee isn't likely to give interviews as anticipation builds for her new novel, Go Set a Watchman. She more ... «WUTC, Jul 15»

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