Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely.

    entdecken, erhaschen

    бе́гло взгляну́тьbéglo vzgljanútʹ, гля́нутьgljánutʹ, уви́деть ме́лькомuvídetʹ mélʹkom

    catch a glimpse of or see briefly

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely.

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

  3. (intransitive)Chiefly followed by at or upon: to look at briefly and incompletely; to glance.

  4. (intransitive)To shine with a faint, unsteady light; to glimmer, to shimmer.

  5. (intransitive, rare)Sometimes followed by out: to provide a brief and incomplete look.

  6. (archaic, intransitive, poetic)To appear or start to appear, especially faintly or unclearly; to dawn.

Examples

69 sentences
  1. Tom caught a glimpse of Mary.

    ruТом поймал на себе быстрый взгляд Мэри.

    deTom erhaschte einen flüchtigen Blick von Mary.

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  2. I caught a glimpse of her face.

    ruЯ мельком видел её лицо.

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  3. I caught a glimpse of him from the bus.

    ruЯ мельком увидел его из автобуса.

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  4. I caught a glimpse of him in the crowd.

    deIch habe ihn kurz in der Menge gesehen.

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  5. I only got a short glimpse of the thief.

    ruЯ успел только мельком увидеть вора.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely:

Origin

The verb is derived from earlier glimse (obsolete), from Middle English glimsen (“to dazzl

The verb is derived from earlier glimse (obsolete), from Middle English glimsen (“to dazzle; to glisten; to glance with the eyes”), possibly from Old English *glimsian, from Proto-West Germanic *glimmisōjan, from Proto-Germanic *glimō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Doublet of glimmer.

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Forms

glimpses, glimpsing, glimpsed, glimpsed
Base formglimpse · to glimpse
3rd person singularglimpses
Present participleglimpsing
Past simpleglimpsed
Past participleglimpsed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyglimpse
he, she, itglimpses

Past simpleLesson

all personsglimpsed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave glimpsed
he, she, ithas glimpsed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill glimpse

Synonyms

10 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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