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# glimpse

«glimpse» in Mova's school dictionary: **A very quick look at something, so you see it only for a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a glimpse, glimpses); verb (glimpse, glimpses, glimpsed, glimpsing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) A very quick look at something, so you see it only for a moment or only a part of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimpse/#m1)

2) (verb) To see something for a moment, often by chance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimpse/#m2)

3) (noun) A short experience that shows you what something is like, as in «a glimpse of the future». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimpse/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Common in stories: «caught a glimpse of», «glimpsed a figure in the mist». It builds mystery, because the character (and the reader) see only a little. In history and science, a find can give «a glimpse into» how people lived long ago.

### examples

- I caught a glimpse of the fox before it ran into the bushes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimpse/#x1)
- Alice glimpsed the White Rabbit hurrying down a long passage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimpse/#x2)
- We got a glimpse of the Queen as her car went past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimpse/#x3)
- Through the trees Mole glimpsed the lights of a house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimpse/#x4)
- The Roman coins give us a glimpse into life long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimpse/#x5)
- She glimpsed a shooting star. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimpse/#x6)
- The museum offers a glimpse of life in a Victorian school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimpse/#x7)
- Through each of these doors I caught glimpses of splendid gardens or of rich storehouses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glimpse/#x8)

### note

Countable noun: a glimpse; «catch a glimpse of» is the most common phrase. Regular verb: glimpsed. Do not confuse with «glance», which is the act of looking quickly; a glimpse is what you manage to see.

### Trees and pragmatics

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