verb🔗ShareTo summarize or repeat in concise form."The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars."communicationlanguagewritingwordlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(of an organism) During an individual's development, to pass through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development."During its tadpole stage, the frog recapitulates its aquatic, fish-like ancestry before developing into a land-dwelling adult. "organismbiologyanatomyphysiologyscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function)."The child's drawing of her house recapitulates the basic structure of a real house: a square body, a triangular roof, and a door. "structurefunctionsystemprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
