glance – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of glance

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to glance over sth
Participle: glanced over sth
Gerund: glancing over sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iglance over sth
youglance over sth
he;she;itglances over sth
weglance over sth
youglance over sth
theyglance over sth

Perfect

Ihave glanced over sth
youhave glanced over sth
he;she;ithas glanced over sth
wehave glanced over sth
youhave glanced over sth
theyhave glanced over sth

Past

Iglanced over sth
youglanced over sth
he;she;itglanced over sth
weglanced over sth
youglanced over sth
theyglanced over sth

Pluperfect

Ihad glanced over sth
youhad glanced over sth
he;she;ithad glanced over sth
wehad glanced over sth
youhad glanced over sth
theyhad glanced over sth

Future

Iwill glance over sth
youwill glance over sth
he;she;itwill glance over sth
wewill glance over sth
youwill glance over sth
theywill glance over sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have glanced over sth
youwill have glanced over sth
he;she;itwill have glanced over sth
wewill have glanced over sth
youwill have glanced over sth
theywill have glanced over sth

Subjunctive

Present

Iglance over sth
youglance over sth
he;she;itglance over sth
weglance over sth
youglance over sth
theyglance over sth

Perfect

Ihave glanced over sth
youhave glanced over sth
he;she;ithave glanced over sth
wehave glanced over sth
youhave glanced over sth
theyhave glanced over sth

Imperfect

Iglanced over sth
youglanced over sth
he;she;itglanced over sth
weglanced over sth
youglanced over sth
theyglanced over sth

Pluperfect

Ihad glanced over sth
youhad glanced over sth
he;she;ithad glanced over sth
wehad glanced over sth
youhad glanced over sth
theyhad glanced over sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould glance over sth
youwould glance over sth
he;she;itwould glance over sth
wewould glance over sth
youwould glance over sth
theywould glance over sth

Perfect

Iwould have glanced over sth
youwould have glanced over sth
he;she;itwould have glanced over sth
wewould have glanced over sth
youwould have glanced over sth
theywould have glanced over sth

Imperative

youglance over sth
weLet's glance over sth
youglance over sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam glancing over sth
youare glancing over sth
he;she;itis glancing over sth
weare glancing over sth
youare glancing over sth
theyare glancing over sth

Perfect

Ihave been glancing over sth
youhave been glancing over sth
he;she;ithas been glancing over sth
wehave been glancing over sth
youhave been glancing over sth
theyhave been glancing over sth

Past

Iwas glancing over sth
youwere glancing over sth
he;she;itwas glancing over sth
wewere glancing over sth
youwere glancing over sth
theywere glancing over sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been glancing over sth
youhad been glancing over sth
he;she;ithad been glancing over sth
wehad been glancing over sth
youhad been glancing over sth
theyhad been glancing over sth

Future

Iwill be glancing over sth
youwill be glancing over sth
he;she;itwill be glancing over sth
wewill be glancing over sth
youwill be glancing over sth
theywill be glancing over sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been glancing over sth
youwill have been glancing over sth
he;she;itwill have been glancing over sth
wewill have been glancing over sth
youwill have been glancing over sth
theywill have been glancing over sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be glancing over sth
youwould be glancing over sth
he;she;itwould be glancing over sth
wewould be glancing over sth
youwould be glancing over sth
theywould be glancing over sth

Perfect

Iwould have been glancing over sth
youwould have been glancing over sth
he;she;itwould have been glancing over sth
wewould have been glancing over sth
youwould have been glancing over sth
theywould have been glancing over sth

Other

Verbs similar to 'glance'

elance, glaunce, lance, slance, balance, blanch, blanco, chance, dance, fiance,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to look briefly
gleg, glimpse, shufti
shine
gleam, glisten, glitter, scintillate, flash, glimpse
reflect
cast

Antonyms

reflect
disregard, divert, dissipate, idle

Additional Information

Etymology

1. 1441, from glacen "to graze, strike a glancing blow" (c.1300), from O.Fr. glaichier "to slip, make slippery," from glace "ice" (see glacial). Sense of "look quickly" (first recorded 1583) infl. by M.E. glenten "look askance" (see glint).
2. The verb is derived from Late Middle English glenchen (“of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance; of a person: to turn quickly aside, dodge”) [and other forms], a blend of:
3. * Old French glacier, glachier, glaichier (“to slide; to slip”) (whence also Middle English glacen (“of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance; to glide”)), from glace (“frozen water, ice”) (from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin, + -ier (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs); and
4. * Old French guenchir, ganchir (“to avoid; to change direction; to elude, evade”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wankijan (“to move aside; to stagger, sway; to wave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bend”).
5. The noun is derived from the verb.
6. The sense "to look briefly (at something)" is probably due to partial conflation with Middle English glenten (“to look askance”)—the ancestor of English glint—in the Middle English period. This conflation may also have reinforced the medial -n-. See English glint See: Middle English 'glacen', Old French 'guenchir', Middle English 'glenten', English 'glint'.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] everybody is a merchant, resides above his store; so that many occupations are often carried on in one house, and the whole front is covered with boards and inscriptions. As I walked along, I kept glancing up at these boards, confidently expecting to see a few of them change into something; and I never turned a corner suddenly without looking out for the clown and pantaloon, who, I had no doubt, were [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] spacious, handsome edifice. It is built upon a height, commanding the harbour. When I paused for a moment at the door, and marked how fresh and free the whole scene was—what sparkling bubbles glanced upon the waves, and welled up every moment to the surface, as though the world below, like that above, were radiant with the bright day, and gushing over in its fulness of light: when I gazed from [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] anxious to expound at great length to my companion (not to me, of course ) the true principles on which books of travel in America should be written by Englishmen, I feigned to fall asleep. But glancing all the way out at window from the corners of my eyes, I found abundance of entertainment for the rest of the ride in watching the effects of the wood fire, which had been invisible in the morning [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • At this, the old lady was very much delighted. After glancing at me for a moment, as if to be quite sure that I was serious in my respectful air, she sidled back some paces; sidled forward again; made a sudden skip (at which I precipitately retreated a step or [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] three large ships, moving with slow majestic pace, as creatures of a prouder kind, disdainful of their puny journeys, and making for the broad sea. Beyond, were shining heights, and islands in the glancing river, and a distance scarcely less blue and bright than the sky it seemed to meet. The city 's hum and buzz, the clinking of capstans, the ringing of bells, the barking of dogs, the clattering of [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • After glancing at these loungers; who were scattered over a pretty drawing-room, opening upon a terrace which commanded a beautiful prospect of the river and the adjacent country; and who were sauntering, too, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Indeed ! ” said Rachel, looking thoughtfully, and glancing at Eliza. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Rachel glanced quickly at her husband, as Eliza tremulously answered “ yes; ” her fears, ever uppermost, suggesting that possibly there might be advertisements out for her. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] or hammer, and looks wistfully at the people from the world. The children creep out of the temporary hut, which is like a gipsy tent upon the ground, and clap their hands and shout. The dog only glances round at us, and then looks up into his master 's face again, as if he were rendered uneasy by any suspension of the common business, and had nothing more to do with pleasurers. And still there is [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] in great rafts, from the interstices of which a sedgy, lazy foam works up, to float upon the water 's top; now rolling past like monstrous bodies, their tangled roots showing like matted hair; now glancing singly by like giant leeches; and now writhing round and round in the vortex of some small whirlpool, like wounded snakes. The banks low, the trees dwarfish, the marshes swarming with frogs, the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)