recapitulation
the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
a brief review or summary, as of a speech.
Biology. the theory that the stages an organism passes through during its embryonic development repeat the evolutionary stages of structural change in its ancestral lineage.
Music. the modified restatement of the exposition following the development section in a sonata-form movement.
Origin of recapitulation
1Other words from recapitulation
- re·ca·pit·u·la·tive, re·ca·pit·u·la·to·ry [ree-kuh-pich-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˌri kəˈpɪtʃ ə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective
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How to use recapitulation in a sentence
The events which succeeded this fortunate capture are too well known to require more than a very brief recapitulation.
Who has patience for the recapitulation of a string of names, when a group of faces may be placed simultaneously before him?
Mr. Hume entered at considerable length into a recapitulation of the past and present grievances of the Canadians.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanLittle comment is needed on this final section; there is a recapitulation of the sins of Aholah and Aholibah.
The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. GaebeleinThis theory of race recapitulation as applied to the succeeding stages of boyhood may be somewhat more poetic than scientific.
The Minister and the Boy | Allan Hoben
British Dictionary definitions for recapitulation
/ (ˌriːkəˌpɪtjʊˈleɪʃən) /
the act of recapitulating, esp summing up, as at the end of a speech
Also called: palingenesis biology the apparent repetition in the embryonic development of an animal of the changes that occurred during its evolutionary history: Compare caenogenesis
music the repeating of earlier themes, esp when forming the final section of a movement in sonata form
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