Glance and Read

Glance

Glance noun - An instance of looking especially briefly.

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Read and glance are semantically related In some cases you can use "Read" instead the word "Glance" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: glanced, glancing

Read

Read noun - Something that is read.

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Antonyms for Read

Glance and read are semantically related in look topic. Sometimes you can use "Glance" instead the word "Read" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as perusal, look at and understand written word.

Nearby Words: reading, reader, readable, readability, readably

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How words are described

long	long glance	long read
better	better glance	better read
short	short glance	short read
initial	initial glance	initial read
Other adjectives: uncomfortable, quick, odd.

Common collocations

report	glance report	read report
way	glance way	read way
times	glance times	read times

Both words in one sentence

Older Than They Look: At first glance, you wouldn't know that Toshio is 20 and Shuya is 22 unless you read their character profiles.

Source: Webcomic / The Way To Your Heart
That is, in the "different" maze, each room actually has a different description - but they read like the same sentence at a casual glance.

Source: Magical Mystery Doors
Belgarath of The Belgariad mentions offhand that he can read and comprehend a whole sentence in a glance.

Source: Super Speed Reading

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