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RECAP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: recapped    , recapping   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads

Synonyms:

recap; retread

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("recap" is a kind of...):

auto tire; automobile tire; car tire; rubber tire (a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion

Synonyms:

recap; recapitulation; review

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("recap" is a kind of...):

capitulation (a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recap"):

epanodos (recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order))

Derivation:

recap (summarize briefly)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Summarize briefly

Example:

Let's recapitulate the main ideas

Synonyms:

recap; recapitulate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "recap" is one way to...):

resume; sum up; summarise; summarize (give a summary (of))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recap"):

hash over; rehash; retrograde (go back over)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

recap (a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion)

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