- glance (at somebody/something) a quick look
- to take/have a glance at the newspaper headlines
- a cursory/brief/casual/furtive glance
- The sisters exchanged glances (= looked at each other).
- She shot him a sideways glance.
- He walked away without a backward glance.
- She stole a glance (= looked secretly) at her watch.
Synonyms looklookglance ▪ gaze ▪ stare ▪ glimpse ▪ glareThese are all words for an act of looking, when you turn your eyes in a particular direction.look an act of looking at somebody/something:- Here, have a look at this.
- She stole a glance at her watch.
- She felt embarrassed under his steady gaze.
- She gave the officer a blank stare and shrugged her shoulders.
- He caught a glimpse of her in the crowd.
- She fixed her questioner with a hostile glare.
- a look/glance at somebody/something
- a penetrating/piercing look/glance/gaze/stare
- a long look/glance/stare
- a brief look/glance/glimpse
- to have/get/take a look/glance/glimpse
- to avoid somebody’s glance/gaze/stare
Extra Examples- He stole a sidelong glance at the young woman sitting next to him on the train.
- After a cursory glance at the report he frowned.
- He gave her a mocking glance.
- He ignored my glance of disapproval.
- He kept throwing nervous glances over his shoulder.
- Her glance flickered briefly across to the group standing at the other side of the street.
- His glance fell on a pile of papers at one side of the desk.
- I caught the teacher's glance and nearly burst into nervous laughter.
- I had a quick glance at the article, but I haven't read it yet.
- Meena threw him an angry glance.
- She cast a sidelong glance at Fern.
- She took one last glance in the mirror and then left.
- The couple exchanged meaningful glances but said nothing.
- The man walked slowly along, casting furtive glances behind him.
- Their car attracted admiring glances wherever they went.
- Their glances met, then they both looked away.
- They exchanged knowing glances.
- With a quick glance at the time, she stood up and prepared to leave.
- I caught his glance and nearly burst into laughter.
- I had a glance at the headlines as I waited in line.
- The boss gave the figures a cursory glance and nodded.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- backward
- sidelong
- sideways
- …
- cast (somebody)
- dart
- give (somebody/something)
- …
- move
- meet
- fall on somebody/something
- …
- at a glance
- with a glance
- without a glance
- …
- at first glance
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘rebound obliquely’): probably a nasalized form of obsolete glace in the same sense, from Old French glacier ‘to slip’, from glace ‘ice’, based on Latin glacies.Definitions on the go
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Idioms
See glance in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee glance in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishat first glance
- when you first look at or think about something, often rather quickly
- At first glance the problem seemed easy.
- At first glance the contract seemed to be fine.
at a (single) glance
- immediately; with only a quick look
- He could tell at a glance what was wrong.
- The software allows you to see at a glance what fonts you have on the computer.
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