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- Dictionaryglance/ɡlɑːns/
verb
- 1. take a brief or hurried look: "Ginny glanced at her watch" Similar Opposite
- 2. hit something at an angle and bounce off obliquely: "the stone glanced off a crag and hit Tom on the head" Similar
noun
- 1. a brief or hurried look: "I stole a glance at John" Similar
- 2. a flash or gleam of light: archaic "fish … sporting with quick glance, Show to the Sun their wav'd coats" Similar
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to look at someone or something. look Look over there! A rainbow! watch I sat by the window and watched people walking past. glance She glanced around the room to see who was there. peep She peeped through the curtains to see what was happening. peek He peeked inside the box. stare Don't stare at people like that - it's rude. See more results »
The meaning of GLANCE is to take a quick look at something. How to use glance in a sentence.
noun. a quick or brief look. a gleam or flash of light, especially reflected light. Synonyms: glitter. a deflected movement or course; an oblique rebound. Digital Technology. information on an electronic screen that can be understood quickly or at a glance: Get news and weather glances on your phone. Tap anywhere on a glance to open the app.
Definition of glance verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Glance involves quick contact. When you glance at someone you take a quick peek at them. When a knife blow glances off you, it doesn't penetrate, but hits at an angle.
Definition of glance noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
glance. noun. uk / ɡlɑːns / us. B2 [ C ] a quick look: She had a quick glance around the restaurant. at a glance. If you see something at a glance, you see it very quickly or immediately. (Definition of glance from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
If you glance at something or someone, you look at them very quickly and then look away again immediately. He glanced at his watch. American English : glance / ˈglæns /
Definitions of 'glance'. 1. If you glance at something or someone, you look at them very quickly and then look away again immediately. [...] 2. If you glance through or at a newspaper, report, or book, you spend a short time looking at it without reading it very carefully. [...]
1. ( intr) to look hastily or briefly. 2. ( intr; foll by over, through, etc) to look over briefly: to glance through a report. 3. ( intr) to reflect, glint, or gleam: the sun glanced on the water. 4. (usually foll by: off) to depart (from an object struck) at an oblique angle: the arrow glanced off the tree.
