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{
"term": "glimpse",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a sight of somebody/something for a very short time, when you do not see the person or thing completely",
"sensetop": "glimpse (of somebody/something)glimpse at somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He **caught a glimpse** of her in the crowd.",
"contextForm": "glimpse (of somebody/something)"
},
{
"text": "I came up on deck to get my first glimpse of the island."
},
{
"text": "Fans crowded the street outside waiting for a glimpse of their hero."
},
{
"text": "I just got a glimpse at the baby, but she was very cute.",
"contextForm": "glimpse at somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Later we caught our first glimpse of the sea."
},
{
"text": "They caught occasional glimpses of great birds circling."
},
{
"text": "This was my first tantalizing glimpse of the islands."
},
{
"text": "Thousands of people had gathered, hoping to catch a glimpse of the King."
},
{
"text": "We got just a brief glimpse of the car as it rushed by."
},
{
"text": "We only had a fleeting glimpse of the sun all day."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["brief", "fleeting", "the merest"],
"verb + glimpse": ["catch", "get", "have"],
"preposition": ["glimpse at", "glimpse of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a short experience of something that helps you to understand it",
"sensetop": "glimpse (of something)glimpse into somethingglimpse at something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The programme gives us a rare glimpse of a great artist at work.",
"contextForm": "glimpse (of something)"
},
{
"text": "Take a glimpse into the future of rail travel.",
"contextForm": "glimpse into something"
},
{
"text": "The exhibition offers a fascinating glimpse at life beneath the waves.",
"contextForm": "glimpse at something"
},
{
"text": "She got a glimpse of a very different way of life."
},
{
"text": "That smile afforded her a brief glimpse of the other side of Adam Burns."
},
{
"text": "This scene may give a rare glimpse of Charles's personal style as king."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["brief", "fascinating", "intriguing"],
"verb + glimpse": ["get", "have", "take"],
"preposition": ["glimpse at", "glimpse into", "glimpse of"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡlɪmps/",
"audio": "gl/glimpse/glimpse__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡlɪmps/",
"audio": "gl/glimpse/glimpse__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘shine faintly’): probably of Germanic origin; related to Middle High German glimsen, also to glimmer."
}