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Meanings of retrograde in English

Catalan
retrocedir
Spanish
retrogradar

Get worse or fall back to a previous condition.

retrocedir
Portuguese
retrógrado

Moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth.

retrógrado
Catalan
retrògrad

Of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma.

retrògrad
Spanish
retroceder

Move back.

retroceder
Usage of retrograde in English
1
The column, entangled in this narrow passage, in vain attempted to retrograde.
History of the Expedition to Russia / Undertaken by the Emperor ...
2
Trying to get new ideas during a retrograde can be hard otherwise.
Ebony
3
It doesn't help that we have Mercury retrograde starting on Wednesday either.
Ebony
4
The idea of criminalising consensual sex between adults is a retrograde step.
The Guardian
5
He has some retrograde motions: yet is in earnest to marry Clarissa.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7
6
It needs not that I swear by the stars5 of retrograde motions
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
7
And I'm not sure but the church would suit your retrograde ideas.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
8
And we forget how appallingly retrograde labor relations were in that world.
The new yorker
9
These perplexities are generally moving in counteracting paths: some progressive, some retrograde.
Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1
10
But of the means even of retrograde motion they were utterly destitute.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843
11
It is a retrograde step... it is an infringement of civil liberties.
The Guardian
12
And this Mercury retrograde is your friend, though that may sound counterintuitive.
Ebony
13
This retrograde movement was evidently unexpected by the honoured young lady herself.
A Laodicean : A Story of To-day
14
It is an anomaly, an animal which does not advance nor retrograde.
The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man
15
It was a most retrograde step to take them off our screens.
The Irish Times
16
A 24G needle was inserted into the vas in a retrograde fashion.
Pubmed
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Translations for retrograde
Portuguese
retrógrado
Retrograde through the time
Retrograde across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common