Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To reverse-engineer; to analyze (an existing item) in order to determine how to replicate it.

  2. (transitive)To develop (a process) by starting with the goal and working backwards to determine the steps needed to achieve it.

  3. (transitive)To revise or adapt (an existing item or process) in order to achieve a new purpose.

Origin

From retro- + engineer.

From retro- + engineer.

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Forms

retro-engineers, retro-engineering, retro-engineered, retro-engineered
Base formretro-engineer · to retro-engineer
3rd person singularretro-engineers
Present participleretro-engineering
Past simpleretro-engineered
Past participleretro-engineered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyretro-engineer
he, she, itretro-engineers

Past simpleLesson

all personsretro-engineered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave retro-engineered
he, she, ithas retro-engineered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill retro-engineer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
retrieveB2retrieverretroretroflexretrograde
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