APERÇU Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

aperçu

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Definition of aperçu

as in résumé

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as in impression

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Noun

So, that’s a summation of something that used to be a fun day.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
This may feel a bit too much of a pat summation, especially with the better song preceding it.

— David Harris, SPIN, 29 June 2026

Definition of summation

Noun

While the Giants are likely to pursue catching help this winter, Vitello was comfortable saying that Susac made a solid impression.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
The scratchy, sketchy linework goes for an impression of people and places rather than strictly realistic representation; the backgrounds mostly stripped away.

— Kambole Campbell, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of impression

Noun

This summary does an injustice to the originality and the sophistication of Tregenza’s way with narrative form.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026
That court hearing was preceded by an unusual and disturbing summary of the case filed with the court by Hochman.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of summary

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And the rest is public perception, which has shifted against what many Americans see as a dirty, archaic form of power generation.

— Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
Another problem human measures like dams and levees seem to have created, the team argues, is a perception of safety.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of perception

Noun

The attack on the independence of Stars and Stripes is a powerful recapitulation of earlier moments in American military history, moments which make clear the blind alley down which Hegseth is charging his brigades at full speed.

— Bill McKibben, The New York Review of Books, 27 Mar. 2026
In this sense, the salt flats and their salty lakes are at once a living record and an ongoing recapitulation of billions of years of planetary history.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025

Definition of recapitulation

Noun

The notion was a surprise to almost everyone on a Monday videoconference of the CFP management committee (made up of 10 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director), said sources who were on the call.

— Chris Vannini, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Esparza plays the unhinged tyrant with a quickness, his bright eyes darting and weaving with each newfangled notion.

— Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of notion

Noun

True Footage says its TrueTracts appraisal engine can land a valuation within 3% of a home’s eventual sale price — a claim drawn from KBB’s own early test markets and not yet independently verified.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
At that time, an appraisal for SFG estimated its value at just over $920 million, the complaint shows.

— Kirk Ogunrinde, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of appraisal

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