recap

Meanings

Plural: recaps

Noun

• a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
• a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
• A tire that has had new tread glued on.
• A recapitulation.
• A leveraged recapitalization accomplished by increasing the debt to equity ratio.

Verb

• summarize briefly
  • "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"
• To seal (something) again with a cap.
• To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing on a new outer portion.
• To recapitulate.
• To replace capacitors in electronic equipment.

Synonyms

recapitulate, recapitulation, retread, review, sum up, summarisation, summarise, summarization, summarize, summary, summing-up