recap (redirected from Re-cap)

re·cap ¹  (r-kp)

tr.v. re·capped, re·cap·ping, re·caps

1. To replace a cap or caplike covering on: recapped the bottle.

2. To restore (a used tire of a motor vehicle) to usable condition by bonding new rubber onto the worn tread and lateral surface.

n. (rkp)

A tire that has been recapped.

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re·cap ²  (rkp) Informal

tr.v. re·capped, re·cap·ping, re·caps

To recapitulate: recapped the headlines at the end of the news broadcast.

n.

A recapitulation, as of a news report.

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recap

vb [ˈriːˌkæp riːˈkæp] -caps, -capping, -capped

n [ˈriːˌkæp]

Informal short for recapitulate, recapitulation

n [ˈriːˌkæp]

(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Austral and NZ another name for retread

recappable  adj

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recap, recapitulate - Recap is short for recapitulate, literally "repeat the headings."

See also related terms for repeat.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	recap - a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion recapitulation, review capitulation - a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic epanodos - recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order)
	2.	recap - a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads retread auto tire, automobile tire, car tire, rubber tire - a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel
Verb	1.	recap - summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas" recapitulate sum up, summarize, summarise, resume - give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize" hash over, rehash, retrograde - go back over; "retrograde arguments"

Translations

recap [ˈriːkæp]

A. N → recapitulación f, resumen m

B. VI (= sum up) → recapitular, resumir

recap [ˈriːkæp]

n → récapitulation f

[ˌriːˈkæp] vi → récapituler

vt → récapituler

recap¹ (inf)

n → kurze Zusammenfassung; can we have a quick recap? → können wir kurz rekapitulieren or zusammenfassen?

vti → rekapitulieren, kurz zusammenfassen

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recap² (US Aut)

n → runderneuerter Reifen

vt → runderneuern

recap¹ [ˈriːˌkæp] (fam)

1. n → riepilogo

2. vt & vi → riepilogare, ricapitolare

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recap² [ˈriːˌkæp] n (Am) (tyre) → pneumatico rigenerato