retro-

  • 81rétro — n.m. Rétroviseur. □ adj. Rétrospectif, passé : La mode rétro. (Prend aussi la nuance de rétrograde.) …

    Dictionnaire du Français argotique et populaire

  • 82retro- — combining form 1》 denoting action that is directed backwards or is reciprocal: retroject. 2》 denoting location behind: retrochoir. Origin from L. retro backwards …

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  • 83retro- — prefix 1 back towards the past: retroactive legislation (=which has an effect on things already done) | in retrospect (=looking back at what has happened) 2 back towards an earlier and worse state: a retrograde step | to retrogress 3 backwards: a …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 84retro — 1 adjective deliberately using styles of fashion or design from the recent past: retro clothing stores 2 noun (C) AmE informal a retrospective …

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  • 85retro- — UK [retrəʊ] / US [retroʊ] prefix back, or backwards: used for making some nouns, verbs, and adjectives retrospective (= considering things in the past) …

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  • 86retro — ret•ro [[t]ˈrɛ troʊ[/t]] adj. 1) cvb inf retroactive 2) clo of or designating the style of an earlier time: retro clothes[/ex] • Etymology: 1970–75; by shortening …

    From formal English to slang

  • 87retro- — aff. a prefix meaning “back, backward”: retrogress; retrorocket[/ex] • Etymology: < L, repr. retrō (adv.), backward, back, behind …

    From formal English to slang

  • 88retro — /ˈrɛtroʊ/ (say retroh) adjective 1. of or relating to fashion or popular music of previous times which has become fashionable again. 2. Colloquial backward looking –noun 3. retro music or fashion. 4. Surfing a shortboard which is thicker, flatter …

  • 89retro... — ali rétro... predpona v sestavljenkah (ẹ̑) za izražanje usmerjenosti, gibanja nazaj ali položaja pred čim drugim v času in prostoru: retroaktiven, retrograden; retroraketa; retrodatirati …

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  • 90retro — I re|tro 1. re|tro sb. (fk.) (stil der efterligner en ældre stilart), i sms. retro , fx retromode, retrostil II re|tro 2. re|tro ubøj. adj. (som efterligner en ældre stilart) …

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