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Retro

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Noun

1. retro

a fashion reminiscent of the past

Adjective

2. ex post facto, retro, retroactive

affecting things past

Example Sentences:
'retroactive tax increase'
'an ex-post-facto law'
'retro pay'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Retro

see synonyms of retro
noun plural -ros
1.  short for retrorocket
adjective
2. 
denoting something associated with or revived from the past
retro dressing
retro fashion

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Retro

see synonyms of retro
nounWord forms: plural ˈretros
retrorocket
adjective
designating, of, or suggesting a style of an earlier time that has been revived
said of clothing, hairstyles, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Retro

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pref.
1. Backward; back: retrorocket.
2. Situated behind: retrolental.
3. Contrary to a usual or natural course or direction: retrograde.
4. Resulting from or effected by reverse transcription: retroelement.
adj.
1. Retroactive: retro pay.
2. Involving, relating to, or reminiscent of an earlier time; retrospective: "As is often the case in retro fashion, historical accuracy is somewhat beside the point" (New York Times).
n. pl. ret·ros
Fashion or style, as in music, reminiscent of an earlier time.

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