What is "retrospective" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does retrospective mean in English? Meaning of retrospective definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "retrospective" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "retrospective": an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work

Noun

  • Meaning: an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work
  • Synonyms: retrospective
  • Hypernyms: art exhibition
  • Meaning of "retrospective": concerned with or related to the past

    Adjective

  • Meaning: concerned with or related to the past
  • Example: retrospective self-justification
  • Synonyms: retrospective
  • Antonyms: prospective
  • Similar: ex post facto retro retroactive
  • Also see: backward
  • Adjective: of, relating to, or contemplating the past 2015, Louise Taylor, Papiss Cissé and Jonny Evans spitting row mars Manchester United’s win over Newcastle (in The Guardian, 4 March 2015)[1] While the pictures of what precisely unfolded after Cissé looked to tread on Evans are not entirely conclusive, the Football Association will surely pore over them on Thursday before quite possibly using video evidence to impose lengthy retrospective bans stemming from an incident unseen by Anthony Taylor, the referee.2015, Louise Taylor, Papiss Cissé and Jonny Evans spitting row mars Manchester United’s win over Newcastle (in The Guardian, 4 March 2015)[1] While the pictures of what precisely unfolded after Cissé looked to tread on Evans are not entirely conclusive, the Football Association will surely pore over them on Thursday before quite possibly using video evidence to impose lengthy retrospective bans stemming from an incident unseen by Anthony Taylor, the referee.looking backwardsaffecting or influencing past things; retroactive
  • Synonyms:

    reflective, contemplative, pensive, recollective, remembering, backward, reviewing, retroactive,

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    retrospective in English: retrospective
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