verb🔗ShareTo summarize or repeat in concise form."The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars."communicationlanguagewritingChat 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, a frog larva recapitulates the aquatic lifestyle of its fish-like ancestors, possessing gills and a tail. "organismbiologysciencephysiologyanatomytheoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function)."The end-of-year school play recapitulates key events from the history curriculum. "biologysciencestructurefunctionsystemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
