recapitulates
Goes over again
Recapitulates means to summarize or go through again in condensed form: The final chapter recapitulates the book's main arguments.
In biology, recapitulates describes how an organism's development mirrors its evolutionary history—an embryo passing through stages resembling ancestral forms.
More loosely, something recapitulates when it repeats or echoes a pattern: The son's career recapitulates his father's.
Restates in brief
- restatesExpresses again differently
- reviewsPublished critical assessments
- condensesReduces to essentials
- rehashesPresents old material anew
reiterates · encapsulates · outlines · briefs · digests · abstracts · reprises · recounts
Organism before birth
- ontogenyIndividual's developmental history
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- stagesDistinct periods or platforms
evolution · Haeckel · fetus · gestation · morphogenesis · ancestral · gill slits · differentiation
Central recurring concept
- codaClosing musical passage
- sonataMulti-movement instrumental composition
- movementChange in position
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
reprise · exposition · motif · recurrence · restatement · symphony · variation · return
summarizes
Restates in brief
- restatesExpresses again differently
- reviewsPublished critical assessments
- condensesReduces to essentials
rehashes · reiterates · encapsulates · outlines · briefs · digests · abstracts · reprises · recounts · distills
embryo
Organism before birth
- ontogenyIndividual's developmental history
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- developmentProgress toward maturity
stages · evolution · Haeckel · fetus · gestation · morphogenesis · ancestral · gill slits · differentiation · vestigial
theme
Central recurring concept
melody · reprise · exposition · motif · recurrence · restatement · symphony · variation · return · finale
recapitulatesintroduces
Brings into contact
originates · innovates · pioneers · initiates · invents
recapitulatespreviews
Advance looks at upcoming content
anticipates · foreshadows · introduces · looks ahead · forecasts