Retrograde - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈretrəɡreɪd|
Brit.
|ˈretrəɡreɪd|
verb
- move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
- move in a direction contrary to the usual one
- move back (syn: retreat)
- move in a direction contrary to the usual one
- move back (syn: retreat)
The glacier retrogrades
- go back over (syn: rehash)retrograde arguments
- get worse or fall back to a previous condition (syn: regress, retrogress)adjective
- going from better to worse (syn: retrogressive)
- moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
- moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
Extra examples
...retrograde pedaling will engage the brakes on that bike...
...the Dark Ages, the period following the fall of the Roman Empire when Western civilization seriously retrograded...
The closure of the factories is seen as a retrograde step.
The glacier retrogrades
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