WORD ORIGIN
1856, "put a cap on again," from re- + cap (n.). Specific sense "put a strip of rubber on the tread of a tire" is 1920s. As a shortened form of recapitulate, it dates from 1920s. Related: Recapped; recapping.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR RECAP
reiterate
verbsay or do againreiterated
verbsay or do againreiterating
verbsay or do againreview
verbgo over againreviews
verbgo over againrun-through
nounsummary- abbreviation
- abridgment
- abstract
- analysis
- aperçu
- brief
- capitulation
- case
- compendium
- condensation
- conspectus
- core
- digest
- epitome
- essence
- extract
- inventory
- long and short of it
- nutshell
- outline
- pandect
- prospectus
- précis
- recap
- recapitulation
- reduction
- rehash
- report
- review
- roundup
- rundown
- résumé
- sense
- skeleton
- sketch
- sum
- sum and substance
- summation
- summing-up
- survey
- syllabus
- synopsis
- version
- wrap-up
rundown
nounsummarysummaries
nounshort statement of main points- abbreviation
- abridgment
- abstract
- analysis
- aperçu
- brief
- capitulation
- case
- compendium
- condensation
- conspectus
- core
- digest
- epitome
- essence
- extract
- inventory
- long and short of it
- nutshell
- outline
- pandect
- precis
- prospectus
- précis
- recap
- recapitulation
- reduction
- rehash
- report
- review
- roundup
- run-through
- rundown
- résumé
- sense
- skeleton
- sketch
- sum and substance
- summing-up
- survey
- syllabus
- synopsis
- version
- wrap-up
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