RECAPITULATION Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

recapitulation

noun

ˌrē-kə-ˌpi-chə-ˈlā-shən

Definition of recapitulation

as in summary

a short statement of the main points will begin his presentation with a recapitulation of the research done on the disease up to this point

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Recent Examples of recapitulation In this sense, the salt flats and their salty lakes are at once a living record and an ongoing recapitulation of billions of years of planetary history. — Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025 The Word for World Is Forest envisions space exploration as a recapitulation of earlier colonial conflicts. — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 21 June 2025 The dullard cousin of the repetition family is redundancy, that almost onomatopoeic term for needless recapitulation. — Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025 As the Barber’s first movement rounds the corner into the recapitulation section, the soloist has a few precious seconds to breathe as the orchestra sings out the main tune. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for recapitulation

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Chatbots can also explain complex topics in new ways and condense an overwhelming amount of information into a simple summary.

— Robin Brewer, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Insiders cited broad industry-wide online traffic problems plaguing numerous online publishers, including Meta’s decision to deprioritize links to news articles and the rise of chatbots and AI summaries, which have decimated search traffic.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 25 Oct. 2026

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