recapitulate

Meaning

1. (ambitransitive) To summarize or repeat in concise form.
2. (transitive) To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).
3. (transitive) To mirror or repeat in analogous form, especially in reference to an individual's development passing through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.

Synonyms

summarize

sum up

repeat

🔁

recap

curtail

abbreviate

abridge

abstract

brush up

outline

rehearse

reprise

resume

review

shorten

reprize

diminish

recite

conclude

reiterate

decrease

take over

restate

make shorter

retell

summarisation

revise

run over

put in a nutshell

shrink

summarise

summarization

ease

epitomize

go over

iterate

lessen

correct

perorate

Translations

ανακεφαλαιώνω

samenvatten

récapituler

recapitular

resumir

rekapitulieren

ricapitolare

resumir

résumer

resumeren

zusammenfassen

recapitular

summieren

excerperen

resumir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹiːkəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt/

Etymology

From Late Latin recapitulātus, past participle of recapitulāre (“to go over the main points of a thing again”), from re- (“again”) + capitulum (“head, main part, chapter”), from caput (“head”) + -ulum (diminutive suffix); see capitulate. By surface analysis, re- + capitulate.