Definitions for glimpse
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Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. glance, glimpse, coup d'oeil(noun)

   a quick look

2. glimpse(noun)

   a brief or incomplete view

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

3. glimpse(verb)

   a vague indication

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

4. glimpse(verb)

   catch a glimpse of or see briefly

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

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. glimpse(Noun)

   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. glimpse(Verb)

   To see or view briefly or incompletely.

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Glimpse(noun)

   a sudden flash; transient luster

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

2. Glimpse(noun)

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

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

3. Glimpse(noun)

   a faint idea; an inkling

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

4. Glimpse(verb)

   to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses

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

5. Glimpse(verb)

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

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

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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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.]

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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.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

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

How to pronounce glimpse?

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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. Leon Valencia:

   For the first time we've registered a reduction in armed activity. We've avoided close to 5,000 dead or injured combatants and civilians because of the negotiations, this is an advance, a first glimpse of peace, a sample of what we can achieve if we reach peace.

2. Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky:

   If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.

3. Dr Kwakkel:

   They offer a rare glimpse into the informal or private world of medieval monks, personally, I love the thumbprint, which was left by a careless scribe who spilled ink on his work. It seems so fresh and human, yet it happened 700 years ago.

4. Sigmund Freud:

   We are certainly getting ahead if I am Moses, then you are Joshua and will take possession of the promised land of psychiatry, which I shall only be able to glimpse from afar.

5. Beth Richardson:

   By studying the boots we've been able to gain a fascinating glimpse into the daily life of a man who lived as many as 500 years ago.

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