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The correct spelling is retrograde.
How to pronounce retrograde
/ˈɹɛtɹəˌɡɹeɪd/
adjectiveIPA: /ˈɹɛtɹəˌɡɹeɪd/
Say it like: Ret-rog-rad-e
The correct spelling is retrograde. Directed backwards, retreating; reverting, especially to an inferior state, declining; inverse, reverse; movement opposite to normal or intended motion, often circular motion. For example: "retrograde ideas, morals, etc."
Usage Examples
“retrograde ideas, morals, etc.”
Meanings
adjective
- 1.Directed backwards, retreating; reverting, especially to an inferior state, declining; inverse, reverse; movement opposite to normal or intended motion, often circular motion.
- 2.Counterproductive to a desired outcome.
- 3.(of a body orbiting another) In the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.
- 4.Describing a metamorphic change resulting from a decreasing pressure or temperature.
- 5.(by extension, of a person) A person who opposes social reforms, favoring the maintenance of the status quo, conservative.
noun
- 1.A degenerate person.
- 2.The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last and what is played last in the original melody is played first.
verb
- 1.To move backwards; to recede; to retire; to decline; to revert.
- 2.To show retrogradation.
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