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prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Upon cursory examination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • This report is certainly not comprehensive; it is more of a "Marketing Division at a glance".
  • At a glance it seems that he is a nice guy, but upon digging deeper the truth emerges.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: ilk baxışdan — on cursory examination
  • Chinese Mandarin: 驟觀 /骤观 (zhòuguān) — on cursory examination
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乍一看 (zhàyīkàn) — on cursory examination
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乍看之下 (zhàkànzhīxià) — on cursory examination
  • Finnish: ensivilkaisulla — on cursory examination
  • Finnish: yhdellä silmäyksellä — on cursory examination
  • French: à première vue — on cursory examination
  • French: à vue de nez — on cursory examination
  • French: au jugé — on cursory examination
  • French: au doigt mouillé — on cursory examination
  • German: dem ersten Anschein nach — on cursory examination
  • German: auf den ersten Blick — on cursory examination
  • Italian: a prima vista — on cursory examination
  • Latvian: no pirmā acu uzmetiena — on cursory examination
  • Lithuanian: iš pirmo žvilgsnio — on cursory examination
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: i det ytre — on cursory examination
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ved fyrste augnekast — on cursory examination
  • Polish: na pierwszy rzut oka — on cursory examination
  • Portuguese: de relance — on cursory examination
  • Portuguese: por alto — on cursory examination
  • Portuguese: num primeiro olhar — on cursory examination
  • Russian: на пе́рвый взгля́д (na pérvyj vzgljád) — on cursory examination
  • Russian: с пе́рвого взгля́да (s pérvovo vzgljáda) — on cursory examination
  • Russian: сра́зу (srázu) — on cursory examination
  • Swedish: på ytan — on cursory examination
  • Swedish: vid första anblick — on cursory examination