glimpse
/ɡlɪm(p)s/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɡlɪm(p)s/
glimpse
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> glimpse
Myanmar meaning
(n) ရိပ်ခနဲမြင်ခြင်း။ဖျတ်ခနဲကြည့်ခြင်း။ (v) ဖျတ်ခနဲကြည့်သည်။ရိပ်ခနဲမြင်သည်။
Full entry
glimpse / glÇmps / n (usu sing ) ~ (at sb/ sth) ; ~ (into sth)
ရိပ်ခနဲမြင်ခြင်း။ ဖျတ်ခနဲကြည့်ခြင်း။ a quick glimpse at the newspaper headlines ❍ The book provides a fascinating glimpse into the secluded life of a monastery. ❍ He caught a brief glimpse of her in the crowd before she disappeared from view.
v ဖျတ်ခနဲကြည့်သည်။ ရိပ်ခနဲမြင်သည်။ She glimpsed him between the half-drawn curtains.
More examples
- [glimpse of] : The crowd were anxious for a glimpse of the President.
- Every so often she got a fleeting (=very quick) glimpse of the church steeple through the trees.
- [catch/get/have a glimpse] : I only caught a glimpse of it, but I think it was a badger.
- [glimpse of/into] : In the villages you’ll have a fascinating glimpse of Turkish country life.
Synonyms
sight, peep, quick look, peek, glance, brief look, catch sight of, check out, descry, espy, eye, eyeball, flash, foretaste, gander, get a load of, get an eyeful, glance at, glom, gun, hint, impression, indication, lamp, look, look at, look briefly, look-see, peek at, peep at, pointer, preview, see, sighting, sign, slant, spot, spy, squint, swivel, take a gander, take in, view
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