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Original entry ↗adj
Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were. · Affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryPast fashions or trends. · Abbreviation of retrorocket. · Abbreviation of retrospective. · A chess puzzle of retrograde analysis, requiring the solver to work out the history of moves leading to the position presented.
Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro.
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