recapitulate

v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

v.tr.

1. To repeat in concise form.
2. Biology. To appear to repeat (the evolutionary stages of the species) during the embryonic development of the individual organism.

v.intr.

To make a summary.

[Latin recapitulāre, recapitulāt- : re-, re- + capitulum, main point, heading, diminutive of caput, capit-, head.]

recapitulative re·ca·pit'u·la'tive or re·ca·pit'u·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

verb

To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of: abstract, epitomize, go over, review, run down, run through, summarize, sum up, synopsize, wrap up. Informal recap. See thoughts.

v

Definition: go over something again
Antonyms: take back

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IN BRIEF: To repeat again the principal points of.

Please recapitulate the main ideas of the chapter in the text.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - rekapitulere, sammenfatte, opsummere, resumere
v. intr. - rekapitulere

Nederlands (Dutch)
kort samenvatten, opsommen

Français (French)
v. tr. - récapituler, reprendre
v. intr. - reprendre, récapituler

Deutsch (German)
v. - rekapitulieren, kurz zusammenfassen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ανακεφαλαιώνω

Italiano (Italian)
ricapitolare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - recapitular

Русский (Russian)
повторять, резюмировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - recapitular, resumir
v. intr. - recapitular, resumir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sammanfatta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
扼要重述, 再现, 概括, 概述, 总结

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 扼要重述, 再現, 概括
v. intr. - 扼要重述, 概述, 總結, 概括

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 요점을 되풀이하다, 요약하다, 반복하다
v. intr. - 요점을 되풀이하다, 요약하다, 반복하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 要点を繰り返す, 要約する, 反復する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعيد اختصار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סיכם, חזר על עיקרי הדברים‬
v. intr. - ‮סיכם, חזר על עיקרי הדברים‬

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