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retrodirect

retrodirect verb: to direct backward.

Verb

retrodirect (third-person singular simple present retrodirects, present participle retrodirecting, simple past and past participle retrodirected)

  1. (transitive) To direct backward.

Forms of retrodirect

third-person singular presentretrodirects
present participleretrodirecting
past participleretrodirected
pastretrodirected

Origin of retrodirect

retro- + direct

Questions about retrodirect

What does retrodirect mean?
Retrodirect means to direct backward.
What part of speech is retrodirect?
Retrodirect is a verb.
What is the past tense of retrodirect?
The past tense of retrodirect is retrodirected.

Words near retrodirect in the dictionary

  1. retrodimerizations
  2. retrodimerize
  3. retrodimerized
  4. retrodimerizes
  5. retrodimerizing
  6. retrodirect
  7. retrodirected
  8. retrodirecting
  9. retrodirects
  10. retrodiscal
  11. retrodiskal

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