retroject
/ˌɹɛtɹoʊˈd͡ʒɛkt/
retroject verb: to project into the past; to insert anachronistically into a historical reconstruction.
Verb
retroject (third-person singular simple present retrojects, present participle retrojecting, simple past and past participle retrojected)
- To project into the past; to insert anachronistically into a historical reconstruction.
- Rav Sa'adia probably wanted to retroject our prayers and blessings back to the time of the Prophets as part of his polemic with the Karaites who rejected the Oral Torah.2024, David Golinkin, “Naḥem On Tisha B'Av: Is It Permissible To Change The Wording?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 132
retroject meaning in Bengali
retroject in Bengali
- অতীতের দিকে নিক্ষেপ করা
Forms of retroject
| third-person singular present | retrojects |
|---|---|
| present participle | retrojecting |
| past participle | retrojected |
| past | retrojected |
Origin of retroject
Mid 19th-century. Combination of retro- (“back”) + (pro)ject.
Words that rhyme with retroject
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- respect
- deflect
- dissect
- expect
- redirect
- suspect
- correct
- defect
- disconnect
- infect
- inflect
- neglect
- resurrect
- unchecked
- abject
- bisect
- deject
- deselect
- genuflect
- incorrect
- inspect
- interject
- introspect
- object
- sect
- wrecked
- conject
- convect
- decked
- detect
- elect
- intersect
- necked
- perfect
- prospect
- protect
- recollect
- reconnect
- select
- subject
- trisect
- bandreject
- cathect
- cobra effect
- counterobject
- despect
- disinfect
- disject
Questions about retroject
- What does retroject mean?
- Retroject means to project into the past; to insert anachronistically into a historical reconstruction.
- What is retroject in Bengali?
- Retroject in Bengali is অতীতের দিকে নিক্ষেপ করা. See Retroject meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is retroject?
- Retroject is a verb.
- How do you pronounce retroject?
- Retroject is pronounced /ˌɹɛtɹoʊˈd͡ʒɛkt/.
- What is the past tense of retroject?
- The past tense of retroject is retrojected.
Words near retroject in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: retroject (page history and authors); retroject (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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