recapitulate

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
20
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/ɹiːkəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt/(UK)

Definition of recapitulate

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To summarize or repeat in concise form.
    “The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.”
    “We still have five minutes left, so let's recapitulate the lecture.”
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verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To summarize or repeat in concise form.
    “The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.”
    “We still have five minutes left, so let's recapitulate the lecture.”
  2. (transitive)To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).
  3. (transitive)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.
    “Similarly this concept of unity provided a powerful impetus for embryological studies and the idea that fetal development recapitulates the steps of phylogenetic development.”

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Etymology

From Late Latin recapitulātus, past participle of recapitulāre (“to go over the main points of a thing again”), from re- (“again”) + capitulum (“head, main part, chapter”), from caput (“head”) + -ulum (diminutive suffix); see capitulate. By surface analysis, re- + capitulate.

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