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retard
English
Etymology
From Middle English retarden, from Anglo-Norman or Latin, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retard?re (“to retard”), from re- + tardus (“slow”).
Pronunciation
- Noun (delay sense), verb
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /???t??(?)d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
- Noun (offensive slang sense)
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /??i?t??(?)d/
Noun
retard (plural retards)
- Retardation; delay.
- Synonyms: delay, hold-up, retardation
- (music) A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
- (offensive, dated) A person with mental retardation.
- Synonyms: retarded, (offensive) tard, (disused medical term) imbecile, (legal term) mental deficient, (disused medical term) moron
- (informal, offensive) A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool
- 2007, Doug Green, No Wife No Kids No Plan (?ISBN):
- “That's 'cause your dog is a retard,” the large woman retorted. The pit bull must have sensed the insult because it got up on all fours and started barking at the woman. Not one to back down from an interspecies fight, the prison lady stood up […]
Usage notes
Through the euphemism treadmill, the term retard (which originated as a neutral substitute for the terms that had previously designated those with disabilities, namely idiot, imbecile, and moron) has come to be considered offensive; see Wikipedia for more. In a 2003 survey by the BBC, retard was voted the most offensive word relating to disability, followed by spastic.
Derived terms
- -tard
Translations
Verb
retard (third-person singular simple present retards, present participle retarding, simple past and past participle retarded)
- (transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress
- Synonyms: impede, hinder, hold up
- (transitive) To put off; to postpone.
- (transitive, obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
- (intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To stay back.
Synonyms
- (keep delaying; continue to hinder): decelerate, hinder, slow, slow down; See also Thesaurus:hinder
- (postpone): postpone, put off; See also Thesaurus:procrastinate
- (slow to perform): reluctant
- (decelerate): decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up
- (stay back): hang back, stay back; See also Thesaurus:tarry
Antonyms
- (keep delaying; continue to hinder): accelerate, speed, speed up
- (postpone):
- (stay back): come forward
Derived terms
- retarded
Translations
References
- IQ Basics, including formerly used medical terms for people with very low IQs
Anagrams
- Darter, R-rated, Trader, darter, dartre, retrad, tarred, trader
Catalan
Etymology
From retardar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /r??ta?t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /r??tart/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /re?ta?t/
Noun
retard m (plural retards)
- delay
- Synonyms: demora, endarreriment
Further reading
- “retard” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “retard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “retard” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
French
Etymology
From the verb retarder.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.ta?/
Noun
retard m (plural retards)
- delay
Derived terms
- avoir un train de retard
- en retard
- prendre du retard
Further reading
- “retard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- tarder, trader
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French retard (“delay”), from the verb retarder (“to retard, slow down”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r??t??r/
- Rhymes: -??r
- Hyphenation: ret?ard
- Homophones: R, r
Noun
retard m (definite singular retarden, indefinite plural retarder, definite plural retardene)
- (horology) side in a clockwork to which the adjustment indicator must be set to make the clock go slower
- Synonyms: R, r
Antonyms
- avance
References
- “retard” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Anagrams
- darret, radert, trader
retard From the web:
- what retardation means
- what retardation
- what retarding potential is necessary to stop
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- what is meant by retardation
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oppose
English
Etymology
From Middle English opposen, from Old French opposer, from Latin ob (“before, against”) + Medieval Latin pausare (“to put”), taking the place of Latin opponere (“to oppose”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??p??z/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??po?z/, [??p?o??z?]
- Rhymes: -??z
- Hyphenation: op?pose
Verb
oppose (third-person singular simple present opposes, present participle opposing, simple past and past participle opposed)
- To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
- Synonyms: confront, withstand, resist, hinder, obstruct, buck
- To object to.
- Synonyms: take issue with, speak out, contest, repugn, argue
- To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
- , Book I
- I may […] oppose my single opinion to his.
- , Book I
- To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
Synonyms
- be against, fight (against), check, bar, block, prevent, take on, counter, contest, resist, confront, face, combat, defy, thwart, contradict, withstand, stand up to, hinder, struggle against, obstruct, fly in the face of, take issue with, be hostile to, counterattack, speak out against, be in opposition to, be in defiance of, strive against, set one's face against, take a stand, make a stand against
Antonyms
- support
Derived terms
- opposable
Related terms
- opponent
- opposer
- opposite
- opposition
Translations
Further reading
- oppose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- oppose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- oppose at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- oppoes
French
Verb
oppose
- first-person singular present indicative of opposer
- third-person singular present indicative of opposer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of opposer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of opposer
- second-person singular imperative of opposer
Italian
Verb
oppose
- third-person singular past historic of opporre
oppose From the web:
- what opposes motion
- what opposed mean
- what opposes gravity
- what opposes the force of gravity
- what opposed
- what opposes glomerular filtration
- what opposes friction
- what opposes change in current
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