recapitulation

recapitulation is a 14-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

14 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 23 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay.
2. noun. (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)
3. noun. a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion

   Synonyms: recap, review

4. noun. (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated
5. noun. emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species

   Synonyms: palingenesis

Synonyms

recap, review, palingenesis

Common word forms

recapitulations

Words from these letters

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