Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)Past fashions or trends.

    a fashion reminiscent of the past

  2. (countable, uncountable)A chess puzzle of retrograde analysis, requiring the solver to work out the history of moves leading to the position presented.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Where can I find old retro fonts?

  2. The retro feel of this cafe is a hit with young people.

  3. Tom likes retro gaming.

  4. He has a little retro side to him, what with his wearing overalls on his delivery tricycle.

  5. That's so retro.

Origin

Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro.

Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro.

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Forms

plural: retros / retroes
Singularretro
Pluralretros / retroes

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
retro — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto