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recapitulate
(redirected from recapitulates)

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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
Verb
[-lating, -lated] to restate the main points of (an argument or speech) [Late Latin recapitulare, literally: to put back under headings]
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"
Translations
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 käydä läpi pääkohdittain récapituler לְסַכֵּם संक्षेप में दाहराना, सारांश ponoviti ukratko, rekapitulirati ismétel mengulangi endursegja í höfuðatriðum ricapitolare 要約する 요점을 되풀이하다; 요약하다 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 扼要重述,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 käydä läpi pääkohdittain récapituler לְסַכֵּם संक्षेप में दाहराना, सारांश ponoviti ukratko, rekapitulirati ismétel mengulangi endursegja í höfuðatriðum ricapitolare 要約する 요점을 되풀이하다; 요약하다 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 扼要重述,重述要點 повторювати; резюмувати مختصر الفاظ میں دہران tóm lại


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