Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense recaps, present participle recapping, past tense, past participle recapped
verb
You can say that you are going to recap when you want to draw people's attention to the fact that you are going to repeat the main points of an explanation, argument, or description, as a summary of it.
To recap briefly, an agreement negotiated to cut the budget deficit was rejected10 days ago. [VERB]
Can you recap the points included in the regional conference proposal? [VERB noun]
Recap is also a noun.
Each report starts with a recap of how we did versus our projections. [+ of]
recap in British English
verb (ˈriːˌkæp, riːˈkæp)Word forms: -caps, -capping or -capped
1. informal short for recapitulate
noun (ˈriːˌkæp)
2. informal short for recapitulation
3. Australian and New Zealand another name for retread
Derived forms
recappable (reˈcappable)
adjective
recap in American English1
(riˈkæp; also, and for n. always, ˈriˌkæp)
verb transitiveWord forms: reˈcapped or reˈcapping
1. US
to put a new tread on (a worn pneumatic tire) by cementing a strip of crude rubber to the old casing and vulcanizing in a mold; retread
noun US
2.
a recapped tire; retread
Derived forms
recappable (reˈcappable)
adjective
Word origin
re- + UNRESOLVED CROSS REF
recap in American English2
(ˈriˌkæp)
noun
1.
recapitulation
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈreˌcapped or ˈreˌcapping
2.
recapitulate
Examples of 'recap' in a sentence
recap
But before we get to that, a quick recap of how the Miami people ended up unable to speak their own language.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
Look at the subject again for a couple of minutes, then recap the next day.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
recap
British English: recap VERB
You can say that you are going to recap when you want to draw people's attention to the fact that you are going to repeat the main points of an explanation, argument, or description, as a summary of it.
To recap briefly, the agreement was rejected 10 days ago.