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re·cap¹

(rē-kăp′)

tr.v.re·capped,re·cap·ping,re·caps

1. To replace a cap or caplike covering on:recapped the bottle.

2. To restore (a used tire of a motor vehicle) to usable condition by bonding new rubber onto the worn tread and lateral surface.

n.(rē′kăp′)

A tire that has been recapped.

re·cap²

(rē′kăp′)Informal

tr.v.re·capped,re·cap·ping,re·caps

To recapitulate:recapped the headlines at the end of the news broadcast; recapped her favorite reality show on her blog.

A summary or recapitulation, as of a news report, sports contest, or television show.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

recap

vb,-caps,-cappingor-capped

informal short forrecapitulate

1.informal short forrecapitulation

2. (Automotive Engineering)AustralandNZ another name forretread

reˈcappableadj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

re•cap¹

(v. ˈriˌkæp, riˈkæp;n. ˈriˌkæp)

v.-capped, -cap•ping,
n.v.t.

1. to recondition (a worn automobile tire) by cementing on a strip of prepared rubber and vulcanizing by subjecting to heat and pressure in a mold.

2. a recapped tire.

[1935–40]

re•cap′pa•ble,adj.

re•cap²

(ˈriˌkæp)

n.,v.-capped, -cap•ping.n.

1. a recapitulation.

v.t.,v.i.

2. to recapitulate.

[1945–50; by shortening]

recap

,recapitulate - Recap is short for recapitulate, literally "repeat the headings."

recap

Past participle:recapped
Gerund:recapping

Imperative
recap
recap

Present
I recap
you recap
he/she/it recaps
we recap
you recap
they recap

Preterite
I recapped
you recapped
he/she/it recapped
we recapped
you recapped
they recapped

Present Continuous
I am recapping
you are recapping
he/she/it is recapping
we are recapping
you are recapping
they are recapping

Present Perfect
I have recapped
you have recapped
he/she/it has recapped
we have recapped
you have recapped
they have recapped

Past Continuous
I was recapping
you were recapping
he/she/it was recapping
we were recapping
you were recapping
they were recapping

Past Perfect
I had recapped
you had recapped
he/she/it had recapped
we had recapped
you had recapped
they had recapped

Future
I will recap
you will recap
he/she/it will recap
we will recap
you will recap
they will recap

Future Perfect
I will have recapped
you will have recapped
he/she/it will have recapped
we will have recapped
you will have recapped
they will have recapped

Future Continuous
I will be recapping
you will be recapping
he/she/it will be recapping
we will be recapping
you will be recapping
they will be recapping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been recapping
you have been recapping
he/she/it has been recapping
we have been recapping
you have been recapping
they have been recapping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been recapping
you will have been recapping
he/she/it will have been recapping
we will have been recapping
you will have been recapping
they will have been recapping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been recapping
you had been recapping
he/she/it had been recapping
we had been recapping
you had been recapping
they had been recapping

Conditional
I would recap
you would recap
he/she/it would recap
we would recap
you would recap
they would recap

Past Conditional
I would have recapped
you would have recapped
he/she/it would have recapped
we would have recapped
you would have recapped
they would have recapped

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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Noun	1.	recap - a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion recapitulation,review capitulation - a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic epanodos - recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order)
	2.	recap - a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads retread auto tire,automobile tire,car tire,rubber tire - a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel
Verb	1.	recap - summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas" recapitulate sum up,summarize,summarise,resume - give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize" hash over,rehash,retrograde - go back over; "retrograde arguments"

recap

verb

Informal. To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of:

abstract,epitomize,go over,recapitulate,review,run down,run through,summarize,sum up,synopsize,wrap up.

noun

Informal. A condensation of the essential or main points of something:

recapitulation,rundown,run-through,sum,summary,summation,summing-up,wrap-up.

Translations

recap

[ˈriːkæp]

A.N →recapitulaciónf,resumenm

B.VI (=sum up) →recapitular,resumir

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

recap

[ˈriːkæp]

n →récapitulationf

[ˌriːˈkæp]vi →récapituler

vt →récapituler

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

recap

¹(inf)

n →kurze Zusammenfassung;can we have a quickrecap? →können wirkurz rekapitulierenor zusammenfassen?

vti →rekapitulieren,kurz zusammenfassen

recap

² (US Aut)

n →runderneuerter Reifen

vt →runderneuern

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

recap

¹[ˈriːˌkæp] (fam)

1.n →riepilogo

2.vt &vi →riepilogare,ricapitolare

recap

²[ˈriːˌkæp]n (Am) (tyre) →pneumatico rigenerato

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