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View synonyms for aperçu

aperçu

[ a-per-sy ]

noun

, French.
, plural a·per·çus [a, -pe, r, -, sy].
  1. a hasty glance; a glimpse.
  2. an immediate estimate or judgment; perception; insight.
  3. an outline or summary.


aperçu

/ apɛrsy /

noun

  1. an outline; summary
  2. an insight
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of aperçu1

First recorded in 1825–30; from French: literally, “perceived”; past participle of the verb apercevoir
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Word History and Origins

Origin of aperçu1

from apercevoir to perceive
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Example Sentences

One such aperçu involved his interrogation of the phrase “unapologetically Black,” with him saying, “I am not unapologetically anything, because when I say that I have already apologized.”

Certainly there are plenty of suspects behaving badly, chief among them Carlo herself, a freelance snark machine with a hole in her heart and an alcohol-fueled taste for the piercing aperçu.

I guess we could fault Caleb for this aperçu, but in a novel that purports to be about the slippery idea of authorship, let’s blame Lipstein.

“It’s an aperçu of Alex Trebek, human being. What is he like? What has he done? How did he screw up? Things like that.”

“It’s an aperçu of Alex Trebek, human being. What is he like? What has he done? How did he screw up? Things like that.”

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