RECAPITULATION as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) recapitulation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • a section of a musical composition or movement in which themes introduced earlier are repeated
    Hypernyms(s) recapitulation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) recapitulation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Derived(s)