What does glimpse mean?

Definitions for glimpse
glɪmpsglimpse

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word glimpse.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. glance, glimpse, coup d'oeilnoun

    a quick look

  2. glimpsenoun

    a brief or incomplete view

    "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake"

  3. glimpseverb

    a vague indication

    "he caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning"

  4. glimpseverb

    catch a glimpse of or see briefly

    "We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine"

Wiktionary

  1. glimpsenoun

    A brief look, glance, or peek.

    I only got a glimpse of the car, so I can tell you it was blue, but not what sort it was.

  2. glimpseverb

    To see or view briefly or incompletely.

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Glimpsenoun

    Etymology: glimmen, Dutch, to glow.

    Such vast room in nature,
    Only to shine, yet scarce to contribute
    Each orb a glimpse of light, convey’d so far
    Down to this habitable, which returns
    Light back to them. John Milton, Par. Lost.

    Thousands of things, which now either wholly escape our apprehensions, or, which our shortsighted reason having got some faint glimpse of, we, in the dark, grope after. John Locke.

    Light as the lightning glimpse they ran? John Milton, P. Lost.

    My thoughtless youth was wing’d with vain desires;
    My manhood, long misled by wand’ring fires,
    Follow’d false lights; and when their glimpse was gone,
    My pride struck out new spangles of her own. Dryden.

    If I, celestial sire, in aught
    Have serv’d thy will, or gratified thy thought,
    One glimpse of glory to my issue give;
    Grac’d for the little time he has to live. John Dryden, Fables.

    If, while this weary’d flesh draws fleeting breath,
    Not satisfy’d with life, afraid of death,
    If hap’ly be thy will that I should know
    Glimpse of delight, or pause from anxious woe;
    From now, from instant now, great sire, dispel
    The clouds that press my soul. Matthew Prior.

    O friends! I hear the tread of nimble feet
    Hasting this way, and now by glimpse discern
    Ithuriel, and Zephon, through the shade. John Milton, Par. Lost.

    Some he punisheth exemplarily in this world, that we might from thence have a taste or glimpse of his present justice. George Hakewill, on Providence.

    A man, used to such sort of reflections, sees as much at one glimpse as would require a long discourse to lay before another, and make out in one entire and gradual deduction. John Locke.

    What should I do! while here I was enchain’d,
    No glimpse of godlike liberty remain’d. John Dryden, Virgil.

    There is no man hath a virtue that he has not a glimpse of. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida.

ChatGPT

  1. glimpse

    A glimpse refers to a brief or fleeting view or sight of something or someone. It involves catching a quick and often partial glance or perception of an object or person, usually lasting only for a short period of time. Glimpses are typically swift and momentary, offering a glimpse into a particular scene or a glimpse of someone's appearance or behavior.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Glimpsenoun

    a sudden flash; transient luster

  2. Glimpsenoun

    a short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight

  3. Glimpsenoun

    a faint idea; an inkling

  4. Glimpseverb

    to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses

  5. Glimpseverb

    to catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of

  6. Etymology: [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]

Wikidata

  1. GLIMPSE

    GLIMPSE is a text indexing and retrieval software program originally developed at the University of Arizona by Udi Manber, Sun Wu, and Burra Gopal. A web server version called WebGlimpse is now being maintained under a pay per line licence. Neither project could be considered open source although there are some similarities. GLIMPSE stands for GLobal IMPlicit SEarch. While many text indexing schemes create quite large indexes, a GLIMPSE-created index is only 2-4% of the size of the original text. GLIMPSE uses and takes a great deal of inspiration from Agrep, which was also developed at the University of Arizona, but GLIMPSE uses a high level index whereas Agrep parses all the text each time. The basic algorithm is similar to other text indexing and retrieval engines, except that the text records in the index are huge, consisting of multiple files each. This index is searched using a boolean matching algorithm like most other text indexing and retrieval engines. After one or more of these large text records is matched, Agrep is used to actually scan for the exact text desired. While this is slower than traditional totally indexed approaches, the advantage of the smaller index is seen to be advantageous to the individual user. This approach would not work particularly well across websites, but it would work reasonably well for a single site, or a single workstation. In addition, the smaller index can be created more quickly than a full index.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Glimpse

    glimps, n. a short gleam: a weak light: transient lustre: a hurried view: fleeting enjoyment: the exhibition of a faint resemblance.—v.i. to appear by glimpses.—v.t. to get a glimpse of. [M. E. glimsen, to glimpse, a variant of glimmer.]

CrunchBase

  1. Glimpse

    Glimpse.com is a trendy, high-fashion site that lets fashionistas search for clothes, shoes, cosmetics and accessories. Fashion mongers can browse online stores, refine their searches by price, color or sale item, and see popular trends. The site is mostly aimed at women but does have some mens’ products. For instance, if you search for “skinny jeans” you might find one male item per search result page.The site was recently acquired by TheFind.com for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will leave Glimpse.com as a standalone site, but it will have its shopping search engine powered by TheFind.com. The new search engine will allow it to cover more online boutiques, brand stores and specialty fashion retailers. Glimpse.com users will also get another feature out of the acquisition. The handy MyFinds bar will be added to the bottom of each Glimpse.com page. It allows shoppers to save product items as small thumbnails on the bottom each page. The feature works great as a quick comparison tool and shopping cart. You can also share your MyFinds’ items with friends. The site includes higher-end online stores like Juicy Couture, Hollister, Burberry and Ann Taylor.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. GLIMPSE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Glimpse is ranked #122314 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Glimpse surname appeared 141 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Glimpse.

    82.2% or 116 total occurrences were White.
    9.9% or 14 total occurrences were Black.
    3.5% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'glimpse' in Nouns Frequency: #2802

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of glimpse in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of glimpse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of glimpse in a Sentence

  1. Dana Lee:

    Catching the first glimpse of the giant stingray as it was pulled from the depths was a magical moment for me.

  2. President Putin:

    This is only a glimpse of the many times Donald Trump has contradicted or questioned findings from the intelligence community on the subject of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Read more : Donald Trump vs. US intelligence on Russian election interferenceUkraine meddlingWhile dismissing the findings of the US intelligence community on Russian interference, Donald Trump has pushed an alternative narrative that the Ukrainian government was the real culprit in 2016 US election meddling. That theory runs contrary to existing evidence and US intelligence, and was publicly debunked by a top national security adviser during the House impeachment hearings last year. Furthermore, US intelligence officials believe this theory originates with Russia, and is intended to shift the blame.In December The Washington Post reported that, according to a former senior White House official, Donald Trump said he was sure Ukraine had meddled in the election because the murder of Jamal Khashoggi In October 2018, reports circulated that The Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi had been murdered at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey. Within a month, the CIA concluded with high confidence that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had directed Khashoggi's murder, which was conducted by members of bin Salman's inner circle. But Donald Trump refused to accept that Donald Trump ally was in any way responsible for Khashoggi's murder, ignoring what the intelligence community was telling him.In a November 2018 statement issued days after the release of the CIA's report, Donald Trump said that.

  3. Patrick Major:

    What we get with these readings is a bit of scientific detective work which allows us a glimpse of not just what was happening on the ground but the effects of the bombing at the edge of space.

  4. Mickey Mehta:

    Start worshipping your parents and grandparents before you worship God. You will see a glimpse of divinity in that process. Practice worshipping your parents first and MickeyMize your chances for being worthy of higher worship. Share this to increase real worshipping experience and evolve.

  5. Sheila Nezhad:

    For me, it was a moment of deep grief, and the days that followed offered a glimpse into just how ready so many people are for massive change.

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