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# glance

«glance» in Mova's school dictionary: **to look at something very quickly and then look away** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (glance, glances, glanced, glancing); noun (a glance, glances)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To glance is to look at something very quickly and then look away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glance/#m1)

2) A glance is a quick look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glance/#m2)

3) To glance off something is to hit it at an angle and bounce away to the side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glance/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories a glance shows a character noticing something fast, often secretly or nervously; «exchange glances» means two people look at each other to share a feeling without words. «At a glance» means you can see or understand it straight away, as with a chart in maths. In safety, drivers and cyclists glance in mirrors and over their shoulders. Phrases: glance at, glance up, glance around, a quick glance, at first glance.

### examples

- She glanced at the clock and saw she was late for school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glance/#x1)
- Tom took a quick glance at his notes before the spelling test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glance/#x2)
- At a glance, the bar chart shows that more children walk to school than ride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glance/#x3)
- The twins exchanged a glance and tried not to laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glance/#x4)
- Glance over your shoulder before you change lanes on your bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glance/#x5)
- The ball glanced off the goalpost and went wide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glance/#x6)
- At first glance the puzzle looked easy, but it was tricky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glance/#x7)
- He glanced up from his book when the door opened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glance/#x8)
- He glanced up and what did he see? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glance/#x9)

### note

Regular verb: glanced, glancing. «Glance at» something, not «glance on». Do not confuse with «glimpse»: you glance (you choose to look quickly), but you catch a glimpse (you see something briefly, often by chance). «At first glance» warns that the first idea may be wrong.

### In the corpora

- [Employers often glance at a CV for less than a minute, so grown-ups fuss over every word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/7/)
- [Slow sounding-out is a normal early stage; re-reading the same easy book builds speed until words are known at a glance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/23/)
- [Leo glanced at the test answers on her desk, then owned up to the teacher and took the test again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/356-peeking-at-presents-diaries-and-letters/12/)
- [Looking at test answers before a test is cheating, even if you only glanced.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/356-peeking-at-presents-diaries-and-letters/20/)
- [Keeley smiles, and keeps glancing at the phone, wishing her mum would call.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «glance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.