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recallable |
recallment |
recant |
recantation |
recanter |
recap
| recapacitate
| recapitualtion
| recapitulate
| recapitulation
| recapitulator
recap
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun recap has 2 senses
- recap(n = noun.communication) recapitulation, review - a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion; Array is a kind of capitulation
- recap(n = noun.artifact) retread - a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads; Array is a kind of auto tire, automobile tire, car tire, rubber tire
has particulars: epanodos
Derived form verb recap1
Verb recap has 1 sense
- recap(v = verb.communication) recapitulate - summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas" is one way to resume, sum up, summarise, summarize
Derived form noun recap1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
recap, v. & n. colloq.
--v.tr. & intr. (recapped, recapping) recapitulate.
--n. recapitulation.
--v.tr. & intr. (recapped, recapping) recapitulate.
--n. recapitulation.
Etymology
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THESAURUS
recap
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