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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•ca•pit•u•late /ˌrikəˈpɪtʃəˌleɪt/USA pronunciation v., -lated, -lat•ing. - to review or tell again, by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize: [~ + object]He recapitulated his arguments.[no object]To recapitulate, the plan is accepted.
re•ca•pit•u•la•tion /ˌrikəˌpɪtʃəˈleɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]The paper needs less recapitulation.[countable]another recapitulation. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•ca•pit•u•late (rē′kə pich′ə lāt′),USA pronunciation v., -lated, -lat•ing. v.t. - to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion;
summarize. - Developmental Biology, Biology[Biol.](of an organism) to repeat (ancestral evolutionary stages) in its development.
- Music and Danceto restate (the exposition) in a sonata-form movement.
v.i. - to sum up statements or matters.
- Late Latin recapitulātus (past participle of recapitulāre), equivalent. to re- re- + capitulātus; see capitulate
- 1560–70
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See repeat.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: recapitulate /ˌriːkəˈpɪtjʊˌleɪt/ vb - to restate the main points of (an argument, speech, etc); summarize
- (transitive) (of an animal) to repeat (stages of its evolutionary development) during the embryonic stages of its life
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin recapitulāre, literally: to put back under headings; see capitulateˌrecaˈpitulative, ˌrecaˈpitulatory adj |