recapitulate

recapitulate is a 12-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize.
2. intransitive verb. To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.
3. verb. summarize briefly

   "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"

   Synonyms: recap

4. verb. repeat an earlier theme of a composition

   Synonyms: repeat, reprise, reprize

5. verb. repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life

Synonyms

recap, repeat, reprise, reprize

Common word forms

recapitulated, recapitulates, recapitulating

Words from these letters

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