aperçu

noun

Definition of aperçunext
1
as in résumé

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2
as in impression

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aperçu
  1. summation
  2. impression
  3. summary
  4. perception
  5. recapitulation
  6. notion
  7. overview
  8. appraisal
Noun
  • Leaders say more, faster progress needed A measured summation was offered by Tony Thurmond, the outgoing state superintendent of public instruction.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Unlike many sports, in which the final score is simply a summation of the match and doesn’t tell you anything about how the story progressed, a tennis scoreline tells a narrative.
    — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of summation
Noun
  • The video posted on the university’s official social media accounts asked students to do an impression of McAfee.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In the dining nook below, designed by Goesling Group, the minimal fixture makes a major impression.
    — Amanda Sims, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of impression
Noun
  • Chatbots can also explain complex topics in new ways and condense an overwhelming amount of information into a simple summary.
    — Robin Brewer, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Insiders cited broad industry-wide online traffic problems plaguing numerous online publishers, including Meta’s decision to deprioritize links to news articles and the rise of chatbots and AI summaries, which have decimated search traffic.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of summary
Noun
  • Time is one of Butler’s preoccupations—its fleeting nature, its nonlinear experience, its rubberbanding effect on our perception.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
  • What readers are saying The conversation explores the contrasting perceptions of two political figures, Marshall and Hamilton, in the context of Kansas politics.
    — Kathleen Parker, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 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
  • Such long-term investment is difficult to reconcile with the notion of an imminent military confrontation.
    — Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The civic organization has questioned whether his scrutiny over its finances and a reverter clause in the youth center’s deed is politically motivated, a notion Lago denies.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of notion
Noun
  • That gives you an overview of where your teen's been driving, and also alerts you of issues like a check engine light or fuel running low.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Tokyo has two other competition sections – Asian Future, focused on emerging Asian directors, and Nippon Cinema Now, which aims to present an overview of the current state of contemporary Japanese film.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of overview
Noun
  • The property in the ad receives both the general homestead exemption and the exemption for veterans who are 100% disabled, according to the appraisal district website.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026
  • What unravels is a long overdue appraisal of one of this century’s greatest pop-rock bands.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of appraisal
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