glanced
GLANST/ɡlænst/UKGLAHNST/ɡlɑːnst/
- 1Simple past and past participle of glance.
The teacher glanced at the test scores before announcing the results.
Having glanced through the report, she signed it without comment.
Note
A regular form: the silent e of glance simply takes -d, and one spelling serves as both past tense and past participle. Only the clause tells them apart. In she glanced at the clock it is the past tense; in having glanced or it had glanced it is the participle. Because glance can take a direct object, the participle also forms passives, as in the ball was glanced away off a slanted bat.
glanced is a form of glance
glance, verb: To look briefly, often turning the eyes toward a person or thing. Full entry
- Spelling
- glance → glanced: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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