what does retrograde mean?
RETROGRADE as VERB
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- get worse
- fall back to a previous or worse condition
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Hypernyms(s) retrograde is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) retrograde is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) retrograde is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- move in a direction contrary to the usual one
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Hypernyms(s) retrograde is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
Hypernyms(s) retrograde is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
RETROGRADE as ADJECTIVE
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- of amnesia
- affecting time immediately preceding trauma
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- moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
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- moving from east to west on the celestial sphere
- or–for planets–around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
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- going from better to worse
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