glance

Other forms of glance

plural

glances·

past tense

glanced·

present participle

glancing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about glance

What does glance mean?

glance means "throw a glance at; take a brief look at". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in glance?

glance has 1 syllable: glance. In IPA it is /ˈɡlæns/.

What is another word for glance?

Close synonyms include peek, glint, glimpse, coup d'oeil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is glance a common word?

glance is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.