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recapitulate
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of RECAPITULATE
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report) <the professor told the students that their papers should not recapitulate the whole plot but should rather discuss in detail one particular incident they thought was interesting>
Synonyms abstract, boil down, brief, digest, encapsulate, epitomize, outline, recap, recapitulate, reprise, sum up, synopsize, wrap up
Related Words abridge, condense, curtail, cut back, shorten; downsize, shrink; concentrate, consolidate; decoct, essentialize; simplify, streamline
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