glimpse

  • (noun): A brief look, glance, or peek.
  • (noun): A sudden flash.
  • (noun): A faint idea; an inkling.
  • (verb): To see or view briefly or incompletely.
  • (verb): To appear by glimpses.
  • I only got a glimpse of the car, so I can tell you the colour but not the registration number.
  • I have only begun to glimpse the magnitude of the problem.