Expand and Recapitulate

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Expand

Expand verb - To express more fully and in greater detail.

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Synonyms for Expand

Antonyms for Expand

Recapitulate is an antonym for expand.

Nearby Words: expanded, expanse, expansion, expansive, expanding

Recapitulate

Recapitulate verb - To make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report).

Usage example: the professor told the students that their papers should not recapitulate the whole plot but should rather discuss in detail one particular incident they thought was interesting

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Synonyms for Recapitulate

Antonyms for Recapitulate

Expand is an antonym for recapitulate.

Nearby Words: recapitulation, recapitulatory, recapitulative, recapitulating

Common collocations

bit

expand bit

recapitulate bit

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Recapitulate and Expand. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/expand/recapitulate

Expand & Recapitulate. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/expand/recapitulate>.

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