Meaning of retrograde in English
Verb
retrogradeDefinitions
1. move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies- 2. move in a direction contrary to the usual one
Examples
- « retrograding planets »
- 3. move back
Examples
- « The glacier retrogrades »
- 4. go back over
Examples
- « retrograde arguments »
- 5. get worse
Examples
- « fall back to a previous or worse condition »
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Classifying Adjective
retrogradeDefinitions
1. going from better to worseSynonyms
- 2. moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
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Qualitative Adjective
retrogradeEtymology
late Middle English (as a term in astronomy): from Latin retrogradus, from retro‘backwards’ + gradus‘step’ (from gradi‘to walk’)Definitions
1. moving from east to west on the celestial sphereExamples
- « or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth »
Antonyms
- 2. of amnesia
Examples
- « affecting time immediately preceding trauma »
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