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adjectivemoving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
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"retrograde arguments"verbgo back overtype of:
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"The glacier retrogrades"verbmove back
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verbget worse or fall back to a previous condition
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adjectivegoing from better to worse
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verbmove backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
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verbmove in a direction contrary to the usual one
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adjectivemoving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the EarthOpposite:
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adjectiveof amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding traumaOpposite:
Examples of retrograde
- "retrograde arguments"
- "The glacier retrogrades"