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RETRO

Pronunciation (US):

• RETRO (noun)
The noun RETRO has 1 sense:

1. a fashion reminiscent of the past

Familiarity information: RETRO used as a noun is very rare.

• RETRO (adjective)
The adjective RETRO has 1 sense:

1. affecting things past

Familiarity information: RETRO used as an adjective is very rare.

• RETRO (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A fashion reminiscent of the past

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("retro" is a kind of...):

fashion (the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior)

• RETRO (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Affecting things past

Synonyms:

ex post facto; retro; retroactive

Context examples:

retroactive tax increase / an ex-post-facto law / retro pay

Similar:

retrospective (concerned with or related to the past)

"Jack of all trades, master of none."
(English proverb)
"The work of the youth is a blanket for the old."
(Albanian proverb)
"While the word is yet unspoken, you are master of it; when once it is spoken, it is master of you."
(Arabic proverb)
"Let sleeping dogs lie."
(Dutch proverb)

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