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- [glans, glahns]
- /glæns, glɑns/
- /ɡlɑːns/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [glans, glahns]
- /glæns, glɑns/
Definitions of glance word
- verb without object glance to look quickly or briefly. 1
- verb without object glance to gleam or flash: a silver brooch glancing in the sunlight. 1
- verb without object glance to strike a surface or object obliquely, especially so as to bounce off at an angle (often followed by off): The arrow glanced off his shield. 1
- verb without object glance to allude briefly to a topic or subject in passing (usually followed by at). 1
- verb with object glance to cast a glance or brief look at; catch a glimpse of. 1
- verb with object glance to cast or reflect, as a gleam. 1
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Origin of glance
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English glancen (v.), nasalized variant (perhaps influenced by obsolete glent; see glint) of Middle English glacen to strike a glancing blow < Old French glacier to slip, slide < Latin glaciāre to freeze. See glacé
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Parts of speech for Glance
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
glance popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
glance usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for glance
verb glance
- peer — a person of the same legal status: a jury of one's peers.
- peek — to look or glance quickly or furtively, especially through a small opening or from a concealed location; peep; peer.
- flash — a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
- scan — to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
- glimpse — a very brief, passing look, sight, or view.
noun glance
- look — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- squint — to look with the eyes partly closed.
- eye — Each of a pair of globular organs in the head through which people and vertebrate animals see, the visible part typically appearing almond-shaped in animals with eyelids.
- eyeball — Look or stare at closely.
- gander — a town in E Newfoundland, in Canada: airport on the great circle route between New York and northern Europe.
Antonyms for glance
verb glance
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