Glimpse

noun

/ɡlɪmps/

Word Frequency: 5.2

Definitions

1.nounA brief look, glance, or peek.

"I only got a glimpse of the car, so I can tell you the colour but not the registration number."

2.nounA sudden flash.

3.nounA faint idea; an inkling.

4.verbTo see or view briefly or incompletely.

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

5.verbTo appear by glimpses.

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