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returning
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???t??n??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???t?n??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n??
- Hyphenation: re?turn?ing
Verb
returning
- present participle of return
Noun
returning (plural returnings)
- The act of one who returns; a coming back.
- 2012, Michael Phillips, Land of the Brave and the Free (page 221)
- It was a time of returnings. Soldiers everywhere returned home to try to piece together the broken fragments of shattered lives.
- 2012, Michael Phillips, Land of the Brave and the Free (page 221)
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retrograde
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???t?????e?d/
Etymology 1
From Middle English [Term?], from Latin retr?gradus, from retr? (“backwards”) + gradus (“step”).
Adjective
retrograde (comparative more retrograde, superlative most retrograde)
- Directed backwards, retreating; reverting, especially to an inferior state, declining; inverse, reverse; movement opposite to normal or intended motion, often circular motion.
- retrograde ideas, morals, etc.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 74]:
- Such retrograde people still exist, resisting modernity, dragging their feet.
- Counterproductive to a desired outcome.
- 1601 - William Shakespeare, Hamlet Act I Scene ii.
- In going back to school in Wittenberg, / It is most retrograde to our desire:/ And we beseech you, bend you to remain
- 1601 - William Shakespeare, Hamlet Act I Scene ii.
- (astronomy, of a body orbiting another) In the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.
- (geology) Describing a metamorphic change resulting from a decreasing pressure or temperature.
- (by extension, of a person) A person who opposes social reforms, favoring the maintenance of the status quo, conservative.
Synonyms
- traditionalist
- reactionary
Antonyms
- liberal
- reformist
- progressist
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
retrograde (plural retrogrades)
- A degenerate person.
- (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.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Latin retr?gradior or Late Latin retrogredere (retro- (“back”) + gradi (“walk”)).
Verb
retrograde (third-person singular simple present retrogrades, present participle retrograding, simple past and past participle retrograded)
- (intransitive) To move backwards; to recede; to retire; to decline; to revert.
- (intransitive, astronomy) To show retrogradation.
Antonyms
- prograde
- direct
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- retrogarde
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
retrograde
- inflection of retrograd:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
retrograde
- feminine plural of retrogrado
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ret?o???ade/, [re.t??o????a.ð?e]
Verb
retrograde
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of retrogradar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of retrogradar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of retrogradar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of retrogradar.
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