glimpse

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a quick look

Similar word(s): glance

Definition categories: act, look, looking

2. a brief or incomplete view

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

Definition categories: thought, aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view, vista

3. a vague indication

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

Definition categories: communication, indicant, indication

Sentences with glimpse as a noun:

- I only got a glimpse of the car, so I can tell you the colour but not the registration number.

verb

1. catch a glimpse of or see briefly

- We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine

Definition categories: perception, see

Sentences with glimpse as a verb:

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