Extend and Recapitulate

Extend

Extend verb - To make longer.

Recapitulate is an antonym for extend.

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

Extend is an antonym for recapitulate.

Common collocations

bit extend bit recapitulate bit
Cite this Source
Recapitulate and Extend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/extend/recapitulate
Extend & Recapitulate. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/extend/recapitulate>.
Recapitulate or Extend. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/extend/recapitulate.
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