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verb (used with object)
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to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
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Biology. (of an organism) to repeat (ancestral evolutionary stages) in its development.
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Music. to restate (the exposition) in a sonata-form movement.
verb (used without object)
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to sum up statements or matters.
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Recapitulate
is always a great word to know.
So is adaptation. Does it mean:
| the basic category of biological classification, composed of individuals that resemble one another are able to breed with one another |
| any alteration in the structure of an organism resulting from natural selection, by which the organism becomes more able to survive in its environment |
Origin:
1560–70; < Late Latin recapitulātus (past participle of recapitulāre), equivalent to re- re- + capitulātus; see capitulate
1560–70; < Late Latin recapitulātus (past participle of recapitulāre), equivalent to re- re- + capitulātus; see capitulate
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