recapitulation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
  2. noun (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated
  3. noun a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman recapitulaciun et al., Middle French recapitulacion et al., or their source, from Late Latin recapitulatio (“summing up, summary”), from the participle stem of recapitulare (“recapitulate”), from re- + capitulum (“chapter, section”), diminutive of caput (“head”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

palingenesis

A single word — an entire dictionary opens.

Type a word, a sentence, a book title, or a link to an English article. WordNet and the Classics answer.

Try

A library of classics · a vault of words · instant etymology & meaning

Continue reading