The meaning of GLANCE is to take a quick look at something. How to use glance in a sentence.

GLANCE definition: 1. to give a quick short look: 2. to shine, reflect light, or sparkle: 3. In cricket, if a batter…. Learn more.

1. A brief or cursory look: gave the paper a glance before breakfast. 2. A quick flash of light; a gleam. 3. An oblique movement following impact; a deflection: The car struck the barrier and went off at a glance.

Glance definition: to look quickly or briefly.. See examples of GLANCE used in a sentence.

(intransitive; followed by over, through, etc) to look over briefly: to glance through a report (intransitive) to reflect, glint, or gleam: the sun glanced on the water

If you glance at something or someone, you look at them very quickly and then look away again immediately.

Definition of glance noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Nov 28, 2025 · glance (third-person singular simple present glances, present participle glancing, simple past and past participle glanced) (transitive) To turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly. …

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)

• I glance up from my book to notice the apple tree heavy with ripe fruit. • I was playing with her as usual and casting furtive glances at her six heavy gold bangles.