recapitulate
Verb
- summarize briefly
- "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"
- repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
- repeat an earlier theme of a composition
- To summarize or repeat in concise form.
- To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).
- (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.
Examples
- The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.
- We still have five minutes left, so let's recapitulate the lecture.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
recap, repeat, reprise, reprize, abridge, abstract, capsule, concise, docket, encapsulate, epitomize, gist, nutshell, outline, précis, recapitulate, redact, run over, run through, sum, sum up, summarize, synopsize, tl;dr, wrap up
Antonyms
expound, spell out
Scrabble Score: 16
recapitulate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordrecapitulate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
recapitulate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary