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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
recapitulates, recapitulating, recapitulated |
definition 1: |
to briefly review (the main points) of a spoken or written exchange or communication.
The instructor told the students to recapitulate their main ideas in the final paragraph of their essays.- synonyms:
- recap, sum up, summarize
- similar words:
- abstract, epitomize, recite, reiterate, restate, review, synopsize
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definition 2: |
of an organism, to repeat in its development (the main stages of the evolutionary development of its species).
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related words: |
abstract, recite, reiterate, review, sum up |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition: |
to give a summary.
- synonyms:
- recap
- similar words:
- review, sum up
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