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  • 1glimpse — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 brief sight of sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, fleeting, the merest, momentary, quick ▪ occasional, rare ▪ Th …

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  • 2glimpse — glimpser, n. /glimps/, n., v., glimpsed, glimpsing. n. 1. a very brief, passing look, sight, or view. 2. a momentary or slight appearance. 3. a vague idea; inkling. 4. Archaic. a gleam, as of light. v.t. 5. to catch or take a glimpse of. v.i. 6.… …

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  • 3glimpse — [[t]glɪmps[/t]] n. v. glimpsed, glimps•ing 1) a very brief passing look, sight, or view 2) a momentary or slight appearance 3) a vague idea; inkling 4) archaic a gleam, as of light 5) to catch or take a glimpse of 6) to look briefly; glance (usu …

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  • 4glimpse — [n] brief look eye, eyeball*, flash*, gander*, glance, glom*, gun*, impression, lamp*, look see*, peek, peep, quick look, sight, sighting, slant, squint, swivel*; concept 623 Ant. stare glimpse [v] look briefly catch sight of, check out, descry,… …

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  • 5glimpse — glance, glimpse A glance (which can be followed by at, into, over, or through) is a brief look • (He cast a doting glance at his wife M. Underwood, 1973 • There were glances of frustration as balls went astray and half chances failed to be… …

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  • 6take in — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, abridge, absorb, abstract, accept, accouple, accumulate, acquire, admit, adsorb, affect, agglutinate, amass, appear, appreciate, apprehend, arrest, articulate, assemble, assimilate, assister, associate,… …

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  • 7take — verb ADVERB ▪ well ▪ badly ▪ She took the news of her father s death very badly. ▪ seriously ▪ I wanted to be taken seriously as an artist …

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  • 8glimpse — Synonyms and related words: a little learning, amateurism, behold, blink, cast, cast a glance, catch sight of, clap eyes on, descry, dilettantism, dilettantship, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, flash, gander, glance, glance at, glimmering,… …

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  • 9glimpse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. & n. glance (see vision). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flash, impression, sight; see look 3 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. look, peek, peep, glance, fleeting look, flash. II v. catch a peek, peep,… …

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  • 10glimpse — n 1. brief look, look, glance, Fr. aperqu, Scot. glisk, Fr. coup d oeil.See glance(def.5). 2. inkling, vague notion, dim perception, feeling v 3. catch sight of, Sl. get a load of, take in, look on or upon, set or lay eyes on, see with one s own… …

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