recapitulate
verb/ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃuleɪt/
/ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃuleɪt/
(formal) (also recap)
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they recapitulate | /ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃuleɪt/ /ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃuleɪt/ |
| he / she / it recapitulates | /ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃuleɪts/ /ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃuleɪts/ |
| past simple recapitulated | /ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃuleɪtɪd/ /ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃuleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle recapitulated | /ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃuleɪtɪd/ /ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃuleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form recapitulating | /ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃuleɪtɪŋ/ /ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃuleɪtɪŋ/ |
- to repeat or give a summary of what has already been said, decided, etc.
- To recapitulate briefly, the three main points are these…
- recapitulate on something To recapitulate briefly on the three main points…
- recapitulate something To recapitulate the three main points briefly…
- recapitulate what, where, etc… To recapitulate what has been decided so far…
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin recapitulat- ‘gone through heading by heading’, from re- ‘again’ + capitulum ‘chapter’ (diminutive of caput ‘head’).
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