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How to pronounce “retrograde”

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Pronunciation guide for retrograde

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of retrograde with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Marvels and Mysteries Revealed by the James Webb Space TelescopeIt goes in a retrograde orbit backwards around the planet.
Definition summary: Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.

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The Marvels and Mysteries Revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope

It goes in a retrograde orbit backwards around the planet.

[Adjective]
Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.
Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.
Of ideas or a person: opposing social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; conservative.
(archaic)
(astronomy)
(geology) Of a metamorphic change: resulting from a decrease in pressure or temperature.
(medicine) Of amnesia: relating to the period leading up to the episode which caused it.
(poetry, archaic) Of verse: reading the same forwards or backwards; palindromic.
[Adverb]
In a reverse direction; backwards.
[Noun]
A movement backwards or opposite to the intended or normal motion.
One who opposes social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; a conservative.
(archaic) One who reneges on an agreement, or switches loyalties; a rebel, a renegade.
(music) The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last, and what is played last in the original melody is played first.
[Verb]
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