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English verb: recapitulate | |||
| 1. | recapitulate (communication) summarize briefly | ||
| Samples | Let's recapitulate the main ideas. | ||
| Synonyms | recap | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | resume, sum up, summarise, summarize | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hash over, rehash, retrograde | ||
| 2. | recapitulate (creation) repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate | ||
| 3. | recapitulate (creation) repeat an earlier theme of a composition | ||
| Synonyms | repeat, reprise, reprize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | play, spiel | ||
| Domain category | music | ||
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