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recapitulate
(redirected from recapitulated)

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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.

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

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

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.recapitulate - summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"
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
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"

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. VIrecapitular, resumir

recapitulate [ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt]
vi (= sum up) → récapituler
vt (= sum up) → récapituler

recapitulate

recapitulate [ˌriːkəˈpɪtjʊˌleɪt] vt & viriepilogare, ricapitolare
recapitulate [ˌriːkəˈpɪtjʊˌleɪt] vt & viriepilogare, ricapitolare

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
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


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