Meaning

1 senses
  1. An exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity.

    Retrospektive

    an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work

Examples

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

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

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

Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
exhibition of works:

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

plural: retrospectives
Singularretrospective
Pluralretrospectives

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

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