recapitulate

Object

• phylogeny: He was an enthusiast for evolution and saw in the growth of embryos what he called ' ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny ' .
• history: Let us recapitulate the history of the bill and see the part contributed to its career by each wheel in the machine.
• point: At the end of the presentation, the summary provides a way to recapitulate the main points you've made.
• argument: In instruction, much core knowledge is acquired through recapitulating historical argument.
• development: There is no need for psychological development to recapitulate historical development.
• pedagogy: One consequence of this belief that andragogy should recapitulate pedagogy is that a great misunderstanding of adult literacy education occurs.

Used with why or when

what: I shall now recapitulate what the police have done in the matter.

Modifying Another Word

• briefly: Let us briefly recapitulate the steps of the series.
• not: This section should deal with the interpretation of the results and not recapitulate them.
• now: I shall now recapitulate what the police have done in the matter.
• simply: Much of this simply recapitulated the info above and on the websites.
• then: It should then recapitulate the original motivation and reassess the state of the field in the light of this new contribution.
• only: Like Number Five, he can only recapitulate what was happened before, having stalled in his personal evolution.