a retrospective exhibition

  • 11exhibition — noun (esp. BrE) ⇨ See also ↑exhibit ADJECTIVE ▪ big, large ▪ small ▪ important, major ▪ a major exhibition of the painter s work …

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  • 12retrospective — I UK [ˌretrəʊˈspektɪv] / US [ˌretroʊˈspektɪv] adjective * 1) relating to or considering things that happened in the past a retrospective study/analysis 2) a retrospective law or decision affects things that have happened since a particular date… …

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  • 13retrospective — [ˌretrəʊˈspektɪv] adj I relating to things that have already happened or that have already been done a retrospective study/analysis[/ex] retrospectively adv II noun [C] retrospective [ˌretrəʊˈspektɪv] an exhibition that includes examples of an… …

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  • 14retrospective — retrospectively, adv. retrospectiveness, n. /re treuh spek tiv/, adj. 1. directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc. 2. looking or directed backward. 3. retroactive, as a statute. n. 4. an art exhibit showing an entire… …

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  • 15retrospective — adj. Retrospective is used with these nouns: ↑exhibition …

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  • 16retrospective —   usually a tribute, exhibition, or looking back at a film star s, artist s or director s work over a span of years with a comprehensive compilation or montage of film clips or excerpts; also known as a retro; also, in terms of a screenplay, a… …

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  • 17retrospective — 1. adjective a) of, relating to, or contemplating the past b) looking backwards 2. noun an exhibition of works from an extended …

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  • 18exhibition — Synonyms and related words: benefit, bill, blazon, bravura, brilliancy, cosmorama, cyclorama, daring, dash, debut, demo, demonstration, diorama, display, dramatics, eclat, enactment, entertainment, etalage, exhibit, exhibitionism, expo,… …

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  • 19retrospective — Synonyms and related words: a priori, back, backward, demonstration, display, early, enactment, evocative, ex post facto, exhibit, exhibition, exposition, exposure, in retrospect, into the past, memoried, mindful, mnemonic, opening, ostentation,… …

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  • 20retrospective — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. looking backward, reminiscent; retroactive. See past. n. exhibition, showing. See painting. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. backward looking, recollective, reflective, pensive; see historical ,… …

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