Lengthen and Recapitulate

Lengthen

Lengthen verb - To make longer.

Recapitulate is an antonym for lengthen.

Nearby Words: length, lengthy, lengthening

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

Lengthen is an antonym for recapitulate.

Common collocations

episode lengthen episode recapitulate episode
bit lengthen bit recapitulate bit
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