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recapitulate
[ree-kuh-pich-uh-leyt]
verb (used with object)
to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
Biology., (of an organism) to repeat (ancestral evolutionary stages) in its development.
Music., to restate (the exposition) in a sonata-form movement.
verb (used without object)
to sum up statements or matters.
recapitulate
/ ˌriːkəˈpɪtjʊˌleɪt /
verb
to restate the main points of (an argument, speech, etc); summarize
(tr) (of an animal) to repeat (stages of its evolutionary development) during the embryonic stages of its life
to repeat at some point during a piece of music (material used earlier in the same work)
Other Word Forms
- recapitulative adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of recapitulate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of recapitulate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
And, of course, there were threats, doxing, harassment, firings — you already know all that; there is no need to recapitulate the details.
The platform can determine which models most closely recapitulate the functional changes seen in AD and identify the most relevant pathways for drug discovery.
Goldberg also recapitulates the stories about Trump's fascination with Adolf Hitler as told to him and the other authors by John Kelly.
That kind of diversity doesn't curb racist discrimination as often as it recapitulates it.
Stopping these toxins could save countless lives and limbs, but laboratory research usually relies on cell-based research, which doesn’t accurately recapitulate what happens in a living animal.
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