RECAPITULATE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • summarize briefly
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • Let’’s recapitulate the main ideas
    Hypernyms(s) recapitulate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • repeat an earlier theme of a composition
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) recapitulate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
    Hypernyms(s) recapitulate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)