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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•ca•pit•u•la•tion (rē′kə pich′ə lā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
- a brief review or summary, as of a speech.
- Biologythe theory that the stages an organism passes through during its embryonic development repeat the evolutionary stages of structural change in its ancestral lineage.
- Music and Dancethe modified restatement of the exposition following the development section in a sonata-form movement.
- Late Latin recapitulātiōn- (stem of recapitulātiō), equivalent. to recapitulāt(us) (see recapitulate) + -iōn- -ion
- 1350–1400; Middle English recapitulacioun
re′ca•pit′u•la′tive, re•ca•pit•u•la•to•ry (rē′kə pich′ə lə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē),USA pronunciation adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: recapitulation /ˌriːkəˌpɪtjʊˈleɪʃən/ n - the act of recapitulating, esp summing up, as at the end of a speech
Also called: palingenesis the apparent repetition in the embryonic development of an animal of the changes that occurred during its evolutionary history- the repeating of earlier themes, esp when forming the final section of a movement in sonata form
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.
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