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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ree-kuh-pich-uh-ley-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌri kəˌpɪtʃ əˈleɪ ʃən



Définition of recapitulation

Origin :
  • late 14c., "a summarizing," from Old French recapitulacion (13c.), from Late Latin recapitulationem (nominative recapitulatio), noun of action from past participle stem of recapitulare "go over the main points of a thing again," literally "restate by heads or chapters," from re- "again" (see re-) + capitulum "main part" (see chapter).
  • noun summary that repeats
Example sentences :
  • The revelation of another life is a recapitulation of the argument in a figure.
  • Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
  • It was interesting, but I should have preferred to edit the recapitulation.
  • Extract from : « Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled » by Hudson Stuck
  • Haeckel was not the original discoverer of the law of recapitulation.
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • But wherefore this recapitulation of everything I know so well already?
  • Extract from : « Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf » by George W. M. Reynolds
  • This succinct exposé may be useful as a recapitulation of the argument.
  • Extract from : « The Mind and the Brain » by Alfred Binet
  • Recapitulation of the circumstances which gave birth to, 341.
  • Extract from : « The History of Chivalry, Volume I (of 2) » by Charles Mills
  • Her voice broke into a wail with the recapitulation of her woes.
  • Extract from : « Into the Highways and Hedges » by F. F. Montrsor (Frances Frederica)
  • And in the recapitulation in the end, it is said by way of recital of the contents, ver.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory » by Baxter Richard
  • This recapitulation theory, like all others, has since been carried to an extreme.
  • Extract from : « Six Major Prophets » by Edwin Emery Slosson
  • Spare me, Marion, the recapitulation of all that passed: it is too humbling, too dreadful.
  • Extract from : « Modern Flirtations » by Catherine Sinclair

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