ret·ro·grade

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• ret´ro|grade´ly — ret|ro|grade «REHT ruh grayd», adjective, verb, grad|ed, grad|ing. –adj. 1. moving backward; retreating. 2. becoming worse; declining; deteriorating. 3. inverse or reversed: » …   Useful english dictionary

• ret|ro|grade — «REHT ruh grayd», adjective, verb, grad|ed, grad|ing. –adj. 1. moving backward; retreating. 2. becoming worse; declining; deteriorating. 3. inverse or reversed: » …   Useful english dictionary

• grade — grade; grade·abil·i·ty; grav·i·grade; or·tho·grade; pha·lan·gi·grade; pro·no·grade; rec·ti·grade; re·grade; ret·ro·grade·ly; sub·grade; tal·i·grade; un·gu·li·grade; an·te·grade; mul·ti·grade; posi·grade; an·ter·o·grade; cen·ti·grade; de·grade;… …   English syllables

• ret — abi·u·ret; amo·ret·to; aph·ae·ret·ic; ap·o·ret·ic; apy·ret·ic; ar·bo·ret; ar·ret; ar·sen·iu·ret·ted; ba·ret·ta; bar·ret; bar·ret·ter; be·ret; ber·ret·ti·no; bi·ret·ta; bi·u·ret; car·bu·ret·ant; car·bu·ret·or; ca·ret·ta; ca·ret·to·che·lyd·i·dae;… …   English syllables

• ret(h)- —     ret(h)     English meaning: to run, to roll     Deutsche Übersetzung: “laufen, rollen”     Material: O.Ind. rátha m. “ cart “, rathī “Wagenlenker”, ráthya “zum cart gehörig”, ratharyáti “travels in cart “; ratheṣṭhü̆ “warrior” = Av.… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

• ret- — To run, roll. 1. Prefixed Celtic form *to wo ret , “a running up to” (to , to; wo, under, up, up from under; see upo). Tory, from Old Irish tōir, pursuit. 2. Suffixed o grade form *rot ā . rodeo, roll, rota …   Universalium

• retrograde — ret·ro·grade …   English syllables

• retrogradely — ret·ro·grade·ly …   English syllables

• retrograde — ret•ro•grade [[t]ˈrɛ trəˌgreɪd[/t]] adj. v. grad•ed, grad•ing 1) having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating 2) inverse or reversed, as order 3) pat bio Chiefly Biol. exhibiting degeneration or deterioration 4) astron. a) moving …   From formal English to slang

• retrograde — ret|ro|grade [ˈretrəgreıd] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: retrogradus, from gradi to go ] 1.) formal involving a return to an earlier and worse situation = ↑backward ▪ The closure of the factories is seen as a retrograde step . 2.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English