Meaning & use
recapitulate
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to summarize and restate the main points of something already discussed.
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The professor recapitulated the key arguments before moving on to the next chapter.
Let me recapitulate what we've agreed on so far in the meeting.
A note on using this word
Recapitulate is often shortened informally to 'recap,' which is now more common in everyday speech.
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