Meaning

3 senses

  1. Of, relating to, or contemplating the past.

    rückblickend, rückschauend

    concerned with or related to the past

  2. Looking backwards.

    zurückblickend

    ретроспективаretrospektiva

  3. Affecting or influencing past things; retroactive.

    rückwirkend

Examples

2 sentences

  1. We'll start the meeting with a retrospective look at the past year.

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  2. Kirsty went to the art gallery to see the Matisse retrospective.

    deKirsty ging in die Kunsthalle, um sich die Matisse-Retrospektive anzusehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
looking backwards:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
of, relating to, or contemplating the past:
looking backwards:
affecting or influencing past things; retroactive:

Origin

From retrospect + -ive. From Latin retrōspectus, perfect passive participle of retrōspiciō

From retrospect + -ive. From Latin retrōspectus, perfect passive participle of retrōspiciō (“to look back at”).

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Forms

more retrospective, most retrospective

Synonyms

3 synonyms
historicalB1reflectiveB2hindsightly

Antonyms

2 antonyms
forward-lookingprospectiveC1

Word family

7 related words
Relatedretrospect
Derivedminiretrospectiveretrospective determinismretrospectivelyretrospective memoryretrospectivenessretrospectivity

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
retrograderetrospectB1retryreturnA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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