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Definition of Recap
1. Verb. Summarize briefly. "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"
Generic synonyms: Resume, Sum Up, Summarise, Summarize
Specialized synonyms: Hash Over, Rehash, Retrograde
Derivative terms: Recapitulation
2. Noun. A summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
Generic synonyms: Capitulation
Specialized synonyms: Epanodos
Derivative terms: Recapitulate, Review
3. Noun. A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads.
Generic synonyms: Auto Tire, Automobile Tire, Car Tire, Rubber Tire
Derivative terms: Retread
Definition of Recap
1. Verb. To seal (something) again with a cap. ¹
2. Noun. A recapitulation. ¹
3. Verb. To recapitulate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Recap
1. to review by a brief summary [v -CAPPED, -CAPPING, -CAPS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recap
Literary usage of Recap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lex Salica: The Ten Texts with the Glosses, and the Lex Emendataby Hendrik Kern by Hendrik Kern (1880)
"medietas legis, XLII. 4; LXXII. 3; LXXVI. 9; Pact. 8; recap. ... ancilla ministeri-
alis, X. 7 (of cod. to) ; recap. A. 21. 22. ..."
2. Memoir of the Early Campaigns of the Duke of Wellington in Portugal and Spain by John Fane Westmorland (1820)
"... which had been recap" tured from the Portuguese by a force under the orders
of General Margaron. On the entry of the French into this town, ..."
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