recapitulate

re·ca·pit·u·late  (rk-pch-lt)

v. re·ca·pit·u·lat·ed, re·ca·pit·u·lat·ing, re·ca·pit·u·lates

v.tr.

1. To repeat in concise form.

2. Biology To appear to repeat (the evolutionary stages of the species) during the embryonic development of the individual organism.

v.intr.

To make a summary.

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[Latin recapitulre, recapitult- : re-, re- + capitulum, main point, heading, diminutive of caput, capit-, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]

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re·ca·pitu·lative, re·ca·pitu·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr) adj.

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recapitulate [ˌriːkəˈpɪtjʊˌleɪt]

vb

1. to restate the main points of (an argument, speech, etc.); summarize

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (tr) (of an animal) to repeat (stages of its evolutionary development) during the embryonic stages of its life

3. (Music / Classical Music) to repeat at some point during a piece of music (material used earlier in the same work)

[from Late Latin recapitulāre, literally: to put back under headings; see capitulate]

recapitulative , recapitulatory adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	recapitulate - summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas" recap 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"
	2.	recapitulate - repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate, double - make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
	3.	recapitulate - repeat an earlier theme of a composition reprise, reprize, repeat music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" spiel, play - replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"

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recapitulate

verb restate, review, repeat, outline, sum up, recount, reiterate, run over, summarize, epitomize, recap (informal), go over again, run through again Let's just recapitulate the essential points.

Translations

recapitulate [ˌriːkəˈpɪtjʊleɪt]

A. VT [+ argument, facts] → recapitular, resumir

B. VI → recapitular, resumir

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recapitulate [ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt]

vi (= sum up) → récapituler

vt (= sum up) → récapituler

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recapitulate

vt → rekapitulieren, kurz zusammenfassen; (Mus) theme → wieder aufnehmen

vi → rekapitulieren, kurz zusammenfassen; (Mus) → eine Reprise bringen

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recapitulate [ˌriːkəˈpɪtjʊˌleɪt] vt & vi → riepilogare, ricapitolare

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recapitulate [ˌriːkəˈpɪtjʊˌleɪt] vt & vi → riepilogare, ricapitolare

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recapitulate

v recapitulate [riːkəˈpitjuleit]

(abbreviationrecapˈriːkӕp – past tense, past particpleˈrecapped) to go over again (the chief points of a statement, argument etc). weer beskou يُعيدُ باخْتِصار peзюмирам rekapitulovat rekapitulere rekapitulieren ανακεφαλαιώνω recapitular üle kordama به اختصار تکرار کردن tehdä yhteenveto récapituler לְסַכֵּם संक्षेप में दाहराना, सारांश ponoviti ukratko, rekapitulirati ismétel mengulangi endursegja í höfuðatriðum ricapitolare 要約する 반복하다 trumpai pakartoti, reziumuoti rezumēt; īsi atkārtot mengulang kembali samenvatten oppsummere, sammenfatte (z)reasumować recapitular a recapitula резюмировать rekapitulovať, zhrnúť povzeti ukratko ponoviti rekapitulera, sammanfatta สรุปความ özetlemek 重述要點 повторювати; резюмувати مختصر الفاظ میں دہران tóm lại 扼要重述，重述要点

abbr recaˌpituˈlation

weer beskou يُعيدُ باخْتِصار peзюмирам rekapitulovat rekapitulere rekapitulieren ανακεφαλαιώνω recapitular üle kordama به اختصار تکرار کردن tehdä yhteenveto récapituler לְסַכֵּם संक्षेप में दाहराना, सारांश ponoviti ukratko, rekapitulirati ismétel mengulangi endursegja í höfuðatriðum ricapitolare 要約する 반복하다 trumpai pakartoti, reziumuoti rezumēt; īsi atkārtot mengulang kembali samenvatten oppsummere, sammenfatte (z)reasumować recapitular a recapitula резюмировать rekapitulovať, zhrnúť povzeti ukratko ponoviti rekapitulera, sammanfatta สรุปความ özetlemek 重述要點 повторювати; резюмувати مختصر الفاظ میں دہران tóm lại 扼要重述，重述要点