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retrograde - go back over; "retrograde arguments" |
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rehash |
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recap,
recapitulate summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"
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retrograde - move back; "The glacier retrogrades" |
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retreat |
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move back,
pull away,
draw back,
recede,
retreat,
pull back,
retire,
withdraw become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"
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retrograde - move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets" |
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locomote,
travel,
move,
go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
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retrograde - move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies |
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orb,
orbit,
revolve move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"
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adjektiv |
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retrograde - of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma |
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anterograde of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma
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temporal relation a relation involving time
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retrograde - moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth |
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direct lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"
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astronomy,
uranology the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
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retrograde - going from better to worse |
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retrogressive |
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regressive opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
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