| query | If you g______ someone or something, you see them very briefly and not very well.If you glimpse someone or something, you see them very briefly and not very well. She glimpsed a group of people standing on the bank of a river. |
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| word | glimpse |
| full-definition | noun If you get a glimpse of someone or something, you see them very briefly and not very well . Some of the fans had waited 24 hours outside the hotel to catch a glimpse of the singer. A glimpse of something is a brief experience of it or an idea about it that helps you understand or appreciate it better . The programme offers a glimpse of their working methods. ...a glimpse into the future. verb If you glimpse someone or something, you see them very briefly and not very well. She glimpsed a group of people standing on the bank of a river. |
| inflections | glimpsesglimpsingglimpsed |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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