retrograde
21retrograde — [[t]re̱trəgreɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A retrograde action is one that you think makes a situation worse rather than better. [FORMAL] The Prime Minister described transferring education to central government funding as a retrograde step …
22retrograde — adjective formal involving a return to an earlier and worse situation: a retrograde step: Privatisation is seen as a retrograde step …
23retrograde — adjective 1) a retrograde step Syn: for the worse, regressive, negative, downhill, unwelcome Ant: positive, forward looking 2) retrograde motion Syn: backward …
24retrograde — adj. going backwards, or moving in the opposite direction to the normal. (See (retrograde) pyelography.) Retrograde amnesia is a failure to remember events immediately preceding an illness or injury …
25retrograde — UK [ˈretrəʊˌɡreɪd] / US [ˈretroʊˌɡreɪd] adjective formal returning to a condition or situation that is worse than the present one a retrograde step: The government s whole transport strategy is a huge retrograde step …
26retrograde — /ˈrɛtrəgreɪd / (say retruhgrayd) adjective 1. moving backwards; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating. 2. returning to an earlier and inferior state: a retrograde step. 3. inverse or reversed, as order. 4. Chiefly Biology… …
27rétrograde — (ретроградный | rétrograde) см. регрессивный …
28retrograde — adj. Retrograde is used with these nouns: ↑step …
29retrograde — ret|ro|grade [ˈretrəgreıd] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: retrogradus, from gradi to go ] 1.) formal involving a return to an earlier and worse situation = ↑backward ▪ The closure of the factories is seen as a retrograde step . 2.)… …
30retrograde — adjective 1》 directed or moving backwards. ↘(of the order of something) reversed; inverse. 2》 reverting to an earlier and inferior condition. 3》 Geology (of a metamorphic change) resulting from a decrease in temperature or pressure. 4》… …
