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
  • 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
  • Here, The Athletic takes a look at some of the youngsters who will be hoping to make a positive impression.
    — Andy Jones, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • While the three-paragraph Puck item was hastily aggregated by other media outlets, giving the inaccurate impression a deal was imminent, it also was based on a key assumption.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 July 2026
Definition of impression
Noun
  • The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • The request form asks for a person’s name, contact information, residence and summary about the neighborly dispute.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026
Definition of summary
Noun
  • These attacks have helped alter the perception of the war inside Russia and among the outside world.
    — Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • The diseases that cause dementia can impair brain circuits involved in impulse control and threat perception, raising the risk of aggressive behavior.
    — Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 July 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
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum has dismissed as fake news any notion that Mexico is in jeopardy of losing the collection.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • With food insecurity and school lunch debt a problem for many families, many North Dakotans are looking to the state to control the situation – a socialist notion.
    — Kirk McClure, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Definition of notion
Noun
  • Check out our full overview on how SpaceX changed Starship for V3 here.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 15 July 2026
  • Warsh appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to deliver the Fed’s semiannual Monetary Policy Report, a routine overview of the central bank’s affairs in recent months.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Definition of overview
Noun
  • His plan includes limiting local government spending, two-thirds voter approval for property tax increases, a process for voters to roll back local property rates, and home appraisal reforms.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
  • The legislation also incorporates Warnock's Appraisal Modernization Act, which supporters say is intended to improve fairness in the home appraisal process.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Definition of appraisal
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“Aperçu.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aper%C3%A7u. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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