"at first glance" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} at first glance, {{en-PP}} at first glance
  1. (modal) After only a superficial examination or review. Tags: modal Synonyms: at first blush, at first sight, on the face of it, ostensibly Related terms: at a glance, glance Translations (after only a superficial examination or review): لِلْوَهْلَة اَلْأُولَى (li-l-wahla l-ʔūlā) (Arabic), առաջին հայացքից (aṙaǰin hayacʿkʿicʿ) (Armenian), a primera vista (Catalan), ᎢᎬᏱ ᎠᎪᏩᏛᏗ (igvyi agowadvdi) (Cherokee), 乍看 (zhàkàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 看一眼 (kàn yīyǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), ved første øjekast (Danish), ved første blik (Danish), op het eerste gezicht (Dutch), unuavide (Esperanto), ensisilmäyksellä (Finnish), ensinäkemältä (Finnish), à première vue (French), de prime abord (French), au premier abord (French), à vue de nez (French), auf den ersten Blick (German), εκ πρώτης όψεως (ek prótis ópseos) (Greek), בהשקפה ראשונה (b'hashkafá rishoná) [feminine] (Hebrew), első látásra (Hungarian), első pillantásra (Hungarian), við fyrstu sýn (Icelandic), a prima vista (Italian), 一目見ただけで (hitome mita dake de) (Japanese), 일견하여 (ilgyeonhayeo) (Korean), prīmā speciē (Latin), no pirmā acu uzmetiena (Latvian), na pierwszy rzut oka (Polish), à primeira vista (Portuguese), на пе́рвый взгляд (na pérvyj vzgljad) (Russian), air a' chiad shealladh (Scottish Gaelic), a primera vista (Spanish), vid första anblicken (Swedish), vid en första anblick (Swedish), ilk bakışta (Turkish), на пе́рший погляд (na péršyj pohljad) (Ukrainian), ban đầu (Vietnamese), thoạt nhìn (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "after only a superficial examination or review",
          "word": "vid första anblicken"
        },
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "after only a superficial examination or review",
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      "word": "a primera vista"
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      "word": "unuavide"
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      "sense": "after only a superficial examination or review",
      "word": "a prima vista"
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      "sense": "after only a superficial examination or review",
      "word": "ilk bakışta"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "na péršyj pohljad",
      "sense": "after only a superficial examination or review",
      "word": "на пе́рший погляд"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "after only a superficial examination or review",
      "word": "ban đầu"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "after only a superficial examination or review",
      "word": "thoạt nhìn"
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