At last he stopped before an old house, and caught another glimpse of the town.
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Glimpse
/ɡlɪm(p)s/
Synonyms for "glimpse" (93 found)
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Closest matches (19)
a little learningamateurismbeholdblinkcastcast a glancecatch sight ofclap eyes ondescrydilettantismdilettantshipdiscerndiscoverdistinguish
Strong matches (28)
Related words (46)
look uponmake outnoticeobservepeekpeepperceivepick outquick sightrapid glancerecognizesciolismseesemi-learningshallownesssightslantslight knowledgesmatteringsmattering of ignorance
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smattering of knowledgespotspysquizsuperficialitysurface-scratchingtake intwigvague notionviewwinkwitness
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
More specific
8 entriesCollocations
10 entriesbrief glimpsecatch a glimpsefleeting glimpseglimpse atglimpse intoglimpse into historyglimpse into the futureglimpse ofglimpse of datanarrow glimpse
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 21 languages.
Aromanian
1 entries- ndzãrescu verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Bulgarian
2 entries- зървам verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
- съзирам verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 瞥見 /瞥见 verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Czech
1 entries- zahlédnout verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Dutch
1 entries- een glimp opvangen verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Esperanto
1 entries- ekvidi verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Finnish
2 entries- silmäillä verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
- vilkaista verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
French
1 entries- entrevoir verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Galician
1 entries- albiscar verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
German
2 entries- entdecken verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
- erhaschen verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Greek
1 entries- βλέπω φευγαλέα verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Italian
1 entries- intravedere verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Māori
2 entries- kite wheriko verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
- wheriko verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Occitan
1 entries- entrevéser verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Polish
2 entries- dostrzec verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
- dostrzegać verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Portuguese
1 entries- vislumbrar verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Romanian
2 entries- zări verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
- întrezări verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Russian
3 entries- бе́гло взгляну́ть verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
- гля́нуть verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
- уви́деть ме́льком verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Spanish
4 entries- atisbar verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
- entrever verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
- ojear verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
- vislumbrar verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Swedish
2 entries- glimta verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
- skymta verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Thai
1 entries- เหลือบ verb (to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely; to perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely)
Sample sentences
50 total sentences available.
We can get a glimpse of the lifestyle of ancient people from this wall painting.
Source: tatoeba (57211)
I can't quite explain it, but I believe I've caught a glimpse of the differences between Japanese and American cultures and lifestyles.
Source: tatoeba (239758)
I only got a glimpse of the thief.
Source: tatoeba (252178)
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