Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing.

    retard the march of an army

    retard the motion of a ship

    verhindern

    заде́рживатьzadérživatʹ

  2. (transitive)To put off; to postpone.

    to retard the attacks of old age

    to retard a rupture between nations

    verschieben, aufschieben

    откла́дыватьotkládyvatʹ

  3. (intransitive)To decelerate; to slow down.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).

    slow the growth or development of

  5. (intransitive, obsolete)To stay back.

    zurückbleiben

Examples

39 sentences
  1. Are you retarded?

    Ти що, тупий? — deniko

  2. Tom is mentally retarded.

    ruТом умственно отсталый. — marafon

  3. Tom is retarded.

  4. Are you retarded or something?

  5. How retarded can this idiot be?

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
keep delaying; impede; etc:
put off; postpone:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
keep delaying; impede; etc:
put off; postpone:
stay back:

Origin

From Middle English retarden, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retardō (“to retard”,

From Middle English retarden, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retardō (“to retard”, from re- + tardus (“slow”)).

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Forms

retards, retarding, retarded, retarded
Base formretard · to retard
3rd person singularretards
Present participleretarding
Past simpleretarded
Past participleretarded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyretard
he, she, itretards

Past simpleLesson

all personsretarded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave retarded
he, she, ithas retarded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill retard

Synonyms

13 synonyms
postpone:postponeB2
keep delaying; continue to hinder:decelerate
stay back:hang back
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms
keep delaying, continue to hinder:acceleratespeedB1speed up
stay back:come forward

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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