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How to pronounce “retro”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of retro with real speech in context.
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- Definition summary
- Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.
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Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.
- Affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto.
- [Noun]
- (uncountable) Past fashions or trends.
- (countable) Abbreviation of retrorocket.
- (countable) Abbreviation of retrospective.
- (chess) A chess puzzle of retrograde analysis, requiring the solver to work out the history of moves leading to the position presented.
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