glimmer
To shine with a faint, unsteady lightTo shine with a faint, unsteady light.
» There's still a glimmer of hope.
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1 sensesTo shine with a faint, unsteady light.
the glimmering dawn a glimmering lamp
The fireflies glimmered in the dark.
glimmern
мерца́тьmercátʹ
shine brightly, like a star or a light
Examples
21 sentencesThere's still a glimmer of hope.
It was the only glimmer of hope.
ruЭто был единственный проблеск надежды. — Wezel
Now there is a glimmer of hope.
There was still a glimmer of hope left.
deEin Funken Hoffnung bestand immer noch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
A glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes.
ruВ его глазах возник проблеск надежды. — ZegPhig
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English glimeren, glemeren (“to glimmer”), equivalent to glim (“to shine”) + -From Middle English glimeren, glemeren (“to glimmer”), equivalent to glim (“to shine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with German Low German glimmern (“to glimmer”), German glimmern (“to glimmer”), Danish glimre (“to glimmer”), Swedish glimra (“to glimmer”). Doublet of glimpse. Sense 5 was coined in the 2020s in analogy to trigger.
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Forms
glimmers, glimmering, glimmered, glimmeredSynonyms
13 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.