Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A discerning perception; an insight.
- noun A short outline or summary; a synopsis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A first view; a hasty glance; a rapid survey.
- noun A summary exposition; a brief outline; a sketch.
- noun A detached view; an isolated perception of or insight into a subject, as into a system of philosophy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic.
- noun Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
clever insight . - noun A
summary oroutline ; words thatsummarize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a short synopsis
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from past participle of apercevoir, to perceive : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad–) + percevoir, to perceive (from Old French perceivre; see perceive).]
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Borrowing from French aperçu.
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Examples
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billifer commented on the word aperçu
See also aper%e7u
December 19, 2006
tusseymountain commented on the word aperçu
For an example, see the last paragraph in this review: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/books/review/magic-hours-essays-by-tom-bissell.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=bookreviews
May 14, 2012