glimpse

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By 1980 we were starting to see a glimpse of the world we now live in, where the ambitious people are all free agents.

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Quick take

a quick look

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of glimpse gathered in one view.

noun

a quick look

noun

a brief or incomplete view; "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake"

noun

a vague indication; "he caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for glimpse.

noun

a quick look

noun

a brief or incomplete view; "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake"

noun

a vague indication; "he caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning"

verb

catch a glimpse of or see briefly; "We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine"

Example sentences

By 1980 we were starting to see a glimpse of the world we now live in, where the ambitious people are all free agents.

And as a byproduct, I think I became the first "public member" to get a glimpse of Arc, which was closed-source at the time.

It is always educational to get a glimpse into the mental world of extreme privilege.

They are not even shown a glimpse of the amazing intellectual pursuit that was behind this fantastic subject.

This article gives a nice glimpse into the essence of why modern strong static type systems like Haskell's are such a huge win for development.

Another glimpse of that low level assembly, like the smell of home after a very long time away, brings back so many vivid memories.

We sent this man to jail and changed our names to keep away from him, and Facebook, in spite of their "privacy" settings, let him get a glimpse back into our lives.

"With the introduction of OS X Lion, Apple gave us a glimpse at what a post-PC operating system might look like, and now Microsoft's gone and pushed that idea to the limit.

If you happen to glance at someone's email you're expected to keep politely silent about it, as you would be if you happened to glimpse your neighbor through a window of their house.

I think this is incredibly important: anybody can get a glimpse into active development or even contribute.

I just had a glimpse of a wonderful future where GitHub releases a payments system, packaging options, and suddenly becomes an ideal app store ecosystem.

Corporate acquirers will often times use the expectations of the revenue created for the acquirer, which has little to do with the target in the status quo. Yahoo's expectations of revenue creation could be anything, and they have their own internal formula which we can't glimpse.

What these people do not realize is that great fiction can provide more information about the world, humanity in general, and what's even more important, yourself, then you can ever glimpse by reading another Gladwell book.