recap

1. 1.

   summarize briefly

   “Let's recapitulate the main ideas”

   Synonymsrecapitulate

   Broadersum up

   Narrowerretrograde

Other forms of recap

plural

recaps·

past tense or participle

recapped

present participle

recapping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about recap

What does recap mean?

recap means "a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in recap?

recap has 2 syllables: re-cap. The stress falls on "re". In IPA it is /ˈɹiˌkæp/.

What is another word for recap?

Close synonyms include recapitulation, review, retread, recapitulate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is recap a common word?

recap is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with recap?

7 words rhyme with recap. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.