recapitulate
verb (used with object)
to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
recapitulates
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present tense formof recapitulate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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His book claimed that its menu of animal proteins and unprocessed vegetables recapitulates the diet of our Stone Age ancestors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Goldberg also recapitulates the stories about Trump's fascination with Adolf Hitler as told to him and the other authors by John Kelly.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2024
The new model, in contrast, recapitulates the development of all three sections of embryonic brain and spinal cord simultaneously, a feat that has not been achieved in previous models.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2024
Toni Morrison’s “A Mercy,” in less than 200 pages, effectively recapitulates America’s tortuous racial history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
The peculiar feature of his peep-show construction, that the viewer is looking at himself as well as at the painting, simply recapitulates this earlier tension.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
