recapitulation
/ɹiː.kəˌpɪ.t͡ʃəˈleɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The third major section of a musical movement written in sonata form, representing thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The reenactment of the embryonic development in evolution of the species.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The dolorous effects of the second world war on train services, and its protracted legacies of over-age equipment and shortages of material for replacement, are too fresh in memory to require recapitulation here; […]."
- "In classical music there are, as the analytical programs tell us, first subjects and second subjects, free fantasias, recapitulations, and codas; there are fugues, with counter-subjects, strettos, and pedal points; there are passacaglias on ground basses, canons ad hypodiapente, and other ingenuities, which have, after all, stood or fallen by their prettiness as much as the simplest folk-tune."
- "one would expect God's final purpose to be expressed in his created world, since the doctrine of recapitulation showed that this is where his plans had worked out before."
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman recapitulaciun et al., Middle French recapitulacion et al., or their source, from Late Latin recapitulatio (“summing up, summary”), from the participle stem of recapitulare (“recapitulate”), from re- + capitulum (“chapter, section”), diminutive of caput (“head”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: recapitulaciun, recapitulacion, recapitulatio
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹiː.kəˌpɪ.t͡ʃəˈleɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
- British English: /ˌɹiːkəˌpɪtjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/