English Dictionary

recapitulate

/ɹiːkəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt/

verb

(transitive) To summarize or repeat in concise form. / (intransitive) To summarize or repeat in concise form. / (transitive) To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).

Let me recapitulate what we discussed in the meeting.

意味（1）

(transitive) To summarize or repeat in concise form.

The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To summarize or repeat in concise form.

We still have five minutes left, so let's recapitulate.

意味（3）

(transitive) To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function).

意味（4）

(transitive) (biology, of an organism) To mirror or repeat in analogous form, especially in reference to an individual's development passing through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.

Similarly this concept of unity provided a powerful impetus for embryological studies and the idea that fetal development recapitulates the steps of phylogenetic development.