Recapitulate

Quick meaning: Recapitulate is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To summarize or repeat in concise form.

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To summarize or repeat in concise form.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).
2. (transitive, biology, of an organism) To mirror or repeat in analogous form, especially in reference to an individual's development passing through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.

Example Sentences

The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.

We still have five minutes left, so let's recapitulate the lecture.

Similarly this concept of unity provided a powerful impetus for embryological studies and the idea that fetal development recapitulates the steps of phylogenetic development.

Word Forms

• recapitulates
• recapitulating
• recapitulated

Synonyms for recapitulate

Depending on context, synonyms include recap, abridge, abstract, capsule, concise, docket.

Antonyms for recapitulate

Common opposites include expound.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include repeat, reprise, recap, rehearse, summarize, summarise.

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