Synonyms of the word

recapitulation

• n. A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.
• n. (music) The third major section of a musical movement written in sonata form, representing thematic material…
• n. (biology) The reenactment of the embryonic development in evolution of the species.
• n. (theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation…

capitulation

• n. A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
• n. The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist…
• n. The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
• n. An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.

development

• n. (uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
• n. (uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is…
• n. (countable) Something which has developed.
• n. (real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings, real…
• n. (real estate, uncountable) The building of a real estate development.
• n. (uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
• n. (chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
• n. (music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form.

growing

• v. present participle of grow.
• n. growth; increase.
• n. (attributive) Connected with growing.
• adj. That grows.

growth

• n. An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
• n. (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
• n. (biology) Something that grows or has grown.
• n. (pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

maturation

• n. The process of becoming mature.
• n. (biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.

ontogenesis

• n. the arising or development of an individual organism.

ontogeny

• n. The development of an individual organism.

palingenesis

• n. (biology, obsolete or historical) The apparent repetition, during the development of a single embryo,…
• n. (geology) The regeneration of magma by the melting of metamorphic rocks.
• n. (theology, philosophy) Spiritual rebirth through the transmigration of the soul.
• n. (more generally) rebirth, regeneration.

recap

• v. To seal (something) again with a cap.
• v. To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing a new outer portion. (US English only - Retread in UK English).
• n. A tire that has had new tread glued on.
• n. A recapitulation.
• v. To recapitulate.
• n. A leveraged recapitalization accomplished by increasing the debt to equity ratio.

review

• n. A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
• n. An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
• n. (law) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
• n. A stage show made up of sketches etc.
• n. A survey of the available items or material.
• n. A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
• n. A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
• n. A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
• v. To survey; to look broadly over.
• v. To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
• v. To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
• v. (obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.
• v. (obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.

section

• n. A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
• n. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
• n. A part of a document.
• n. An act or instance of cutting.
• n. A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
• n. (surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.
• n. (sciences) A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
• n. (botany) A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
• n. (zoology) An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
• n. (military) A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
• n. (category theory) A right inverse.
• n. (New Zealand) A piece of residential land; a plot.
• n. (Canada) A one-mile square area of land, defined by a government survey.
• n. (geology) A sequence of rock layers.
• v. To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
• v. (Britain) To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons…
• v. To perform a cesarean section on (someone).

subdivision

• n. (countable, uncountable) a division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
• n. (countable) such a piece that has been divided.
• n. (countable) a parcel of land that has been divided into lots.
• n. (countable) a group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area.
• v. to separate something into smaller pieces.