Definition of recapitulating Recapitulating
re•ca•pit•u•lat•ing
We found 3 definitions of recapitulating from 2 different sources.
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What does recapitulating mean?
Wiktionary 
- recapitulating (Verb)
Present participle of recapitulate.
Part of speech
🔤- recapitulating, verb, gerund of recapitulate (infinitive).
WordNet
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| recapitulate - summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas" | ||
| recap | ||
| summarise, summarize, sum up, resume be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" | ||
| hash over, rehash, retrograde present or use over, with no or few changes | ||
| recapitulate - repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life | ||
| reduplicate, replicate, duplicate, double, repeat form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word" | ||
| recapitulate - repeat an earlier theme of a composition | ||
| reprise, reprize, repeat | ||
| spiel, play speak at great length (about something) | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
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Wiktionary
- recapitulate (Verb)
To summarize or repeat in concise form. - recapitulate (Verb)
To repeat the evolutionary stages of an organism during its embryonic development.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- recapitulate (v. t.)
To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize. - recapitulate (v. i.)
To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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recapitulate
rē-ka-pit′ū-lāt, v.t. to go over again the chief points of anything.—n. Recapitūlā′tion, act of recapitulating: a summary of the main points of a preceding speech, treatise, &c.—adjs. Recapit′ūlātive; Recapit′ūlātory, repeating again: containing a recapitulation. [L. recapitulāre, -ātum—re-, again, capitulum—caput, head.]
Part of speech
🔤- recapitulate, verb, present, 1st person singular of recapitulate (infinitive).
- recapitulate, verb (infinitive).
