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- Dictionaryrecapitulate/ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt/
verb
- 1. summarize and state again the main points of: "he began to recapitulate his argument with care"
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RECAPITULATE definition: 1. formal for recap 2. formal for recap 3. to repeat the main points of an explanation or…. Learn more.
The meaning of RECAPITULATE is to retell or restate briefly : summarize. How to use recapitulate in a sentence. Did you know?
RECAPITULATE meaning: 1. formal for recap 2. formal for recap 3. to repeat the main points of an explanation or…. Learn more.
To recapitulate means to go back and summarize. At the end of an oral report, you might say, "So, to recapitulate, I've made three points," and then you name them. Recapitulate is a long, scary-looking word that actually means something simple and easy.
Recapitulate definition: to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.. See examples of RECAPITULATE used in a sentence.
to restate the main points of (an argument, speech, etc); summarize. 2. (transitive) (of an animal) to repeat (stages of its evolutionary development) during the embryonic stages of its life. 3. to repeat at some point during a piece of music (material used earlier in the same work) Collins English Dictionary.
Definition of recapitulate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
It was his supreme ambition to recapitulate modern science, to write the De natura rerum of our age! Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2 | Gustave Flaubert I will not recapitulate : the cases I have cited, and the conclusions drawn from them, are brought into a very narrow compass.
1. to restate the main points of (an argument, speech, etc); summarize. 2. (Biology) ( tr) (of an animal) to repeat (stages of its evolutionary development) during the embryonic stages of its life. 3. (Classical Music) to repeat at some point during a piece of music (material used earlier in the same work)
in classical music, an act of repeating an earlier theme (= tune), especially at the end of a movement (= main part): An uneventful recapitulation leads to a brief coda. The recapitulation brings only a brief reference to the first theme. Fewer examples.
