Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A first view; a hasty glance; a rapid survey.
- n. A summary exposition; a brief outline; a sketch.
- n. A detached view; an isolated perception of or insight into a subject, as into a system of philosophy.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic.
- n. Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a short synopsis
Etymologies
- Borrowing from French aperçu. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘aperçu’.
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my fab list
blowsabella, aperçu, froideur, salubrious, abject, gallipot, mumchance, wainscot, virago, macerate, lascivious, clandestine and 181 more...
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wallace
Remington, Windsor, prorector, wen, aver, mottle, seltzer, tepee, lapidary, effete, sotto, presbyopia and 351 more...
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Words build meanings from origins( et...
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 2046 more...
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GRE
droll, dyspeptic, ebullient, ardor, edify, efficacy, malinger, mannered, martinet, maudlin, mendacious, mendicant and 101 more...
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Foreign Words & Phrases for English
This is for words that would be in italics in a work of great literature
galère, fiat justitia rua..., res ipsa loqitur, prima facie, froideur, je ne sais quoi, aperçu, ca va sans dire, mirabile dictu, in utero, sine qua non, faux naïf and 6 more...
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Foreign glossa
apparat, kobold, haimish, faklempt, nudnik, nebbish, bubbe meise, bupkis, chinook, oy gevalt, geronimo, banzai and 6 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, A
abaculus, abacus, abaft, abarticular, abbreviate, abeyance, abiding, anthocyanin, antemeridian, arcane, adjure, adduce and 418 more...
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All The Words
I enjoy collecting words, for I have no fear of them ever running out.
anacoluthon, defenestration, hypnopomp, hypnagogue, idioglossia, panopticon, tatterdemalion, abalone, caltrop, miasma, paroxysm, smalt and 475 more...
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my new words 2010
words i have needed to look up starting in April
rareme, vodkal, heteroclyte, narthex, plumule, briareous, instatiation, synoptic, aperçu, fioritura
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inkhorn's Words
inkhorn, aplomb, apotheosis, asinine, avatar, bombastic, boorish, bromide, bucolic, cagey, canvass, digress and 991 more...
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azd's Words
adamantine, abatial, ablate, ablative, abrogate, accretive, acromegaly, acrostic, actinism, actinic, acuity, adduce and 968 more...
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madmelanie's Words
monkey, folderol, snark, snarky, flibbertigibbet, faith, asshat, pirouette, avuncular, exegesis, memento mori, verisimilitude and 379 more...
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Infinite Jest
Words to remember from DFW's "Infinite Jest"
wen, matriculation, circumflex, lapidary, effete, sotto, hypertrophy, presbyopic, ideogram, pinion, parquet, nelson and 152 more...
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Hitch Words
Words from the lexicon of Christopher Hitchens
propinquity, fratricide, factitious, vitiate, sectarianism, ostensible, atavistic, sephardic, doyen, palpable, encephalitic, fastidious and 188 more...
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Uncle John’s Interesting Words
Words I find interesting.
abecedarius, acomoclitic, aperçu, apophenia, aspic, bêtise, bhang, callipygian, calque, carking, cataphract, ceruminous and 97 more...
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Short and Cho Chweet
short, sweet, and fascinating
surusuru, conscion, bourbaki, idiolect, crambo, kalewife, aperçu
Tweets
Looking for tweets for aperçu.

tusseymountain 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
billifer See also aper%e7u Dec 19, 2006