glance

CEFRB2

/ɡlɑːns/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To look quickly at something.

  2. 02

    noun

    A quick look.

Examples

  • At a glance I knew that he was tired.

  • At a glance, he knew that the child was hungry.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • [ɡɫeəns]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To cause (light) to gleam or sparkle.

  2. To look briefly at (something).

  3. To turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly.

More examples

In context

  • He cast a quick glance at his watch during the meeting.

  • She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror.

  • She watched the spring sunlight glancing on the water of the pond.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

The verb is derived from Late Middle English glenchen (“of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance; of a person: to turn quickly aside, dodge”) [and other forms], a blend of: * Old French glacier, glachier, glaichier (“to slide; to slip”) (whence also Middle English glacen (“of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance; to glide”)), from glace (“frozen water, ice”) (from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin, + -ier (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs); and * Old French guenchir, ganchir (“to avoid; to change direction; to elude, evade”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wankijan (“to move aside; to stagger, sway; to wave”), ultimately fro...