retrospective
Syllables: ret·ro·spec·tive/ˌɹɛt.ɹə(ʊ)ˈspɛk.tɪv/US/ˌɹɛt.ɹəˈspɛk.tɪv/
retrospective adjective: of, relating to, or contemplating the past.
Adjective
retrospective (comparative more retrospective, superlative most retrospective)
- Of, relating to, or contemplating the past.
- 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...2015 March 4, Louise Taylor, The Guardian
- Following a retrospective review of patient records, the parents of eligible patients were contacted by telephone to provide information about the study.2025 August 13, Müjdat Erarkadaş, Kübra Özmeral Erarkadaş, Şahika Gülen Şişmanlar, “Autism Spectrum Disorder Beyond Childhood: A Comprehensive Assessment of Activities of Daily Living and Social...
- Looking backwards.
- Affecting or influencing past things; retroactive.
Noun
retrospective (plural retrospectives)
retrospective meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
retrospective in Hindi
- पूर्वव्यापी
retrospective in Tamil
- சென்ற காலத்தையும் உள்ளிட்ட, பின்னோக்கிய, முன்தேதியிட்ட
retrospective in Malayalam
- തിരിഞ്ഞു നോക്കുന്ന, കഴിഞ്ഞകാലത്തെ അവലോകനം ചെയ്യുന്ന
retrospective in Kannada
- ಹಿನ್ನೋಟದ, ಹಿನ್ನೆನಪುಗಳ, ಪೂರ್ವಸ್ಮರಣೆಗಳ, ಪೂರ್ವವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯುಳ್ಳ, ಪೂರ್ವಾನ್ವಯವುಳ್ಳ, ಹಿಂಜಾರಿಯ
More languagesFewer languages
- retrospective in Arabic
- متعلِّق بالماضي, رَجْعِيّ rajʕiyy
- retrospective in Indonesian
- kenangan kembali, pandangan balik
Examples of retrospective in a sentence
- The retrospective emphasis on these two specific stories—even their mention here, in the previous paragraph—has become a contrivance.
- But in the characterization of the faces, there are clear differences between more late antique and more retrospective versions.
- A retrospective gives us a decadeful of his watercolors.
Synonyms of retrospective
Antonyms
Forms of retrospective
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more retrospective |
| superlative | most retrospective |
| Noun | |
| plural | retrospectives |
Origin of retrospective
From retrospect + -ive. From Latin retrōspectus, perfect passive participle of retrōspiciō (“to look back at”).
Words formed from retrospective
Phrases with retrospective
Words that rhyme with retrospective
- projective
- subjective
- effective
- objective
- prospective
- reflective
- collective
- connective
- defective
- directive
- respective
- selective
28 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- injective
- detective
- elective
- irrespective
- perfective
- affective
- bijective
- corrective
- erective
- ineffective
- inflective
- intellective
- intersubjective
- protective
- refective
- advective
- convective
- deflective
- ejective
- imperfective
- infective
- inspective
- introspective
- overprotective
- rejective
- surjective
- unreflective
- unselective
Questions about retrospective
- What does retrospective mean?
- Retrospective means of, relating to, or contemplating the past.
- What is retrospective in Hindi?
- Retrospective in Hindi is पूर्वव्यापी. See Retrospective meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is retrospective?
- Retrospective can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce retrospective?
- Retrospective is pronounced /ˌɹɛt.ɹə(ʊ)ˈspɛk.tɪv/ (UK).
Words near retrospective in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: retrospective (page history and authors); retrospective (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); retrospective (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); retrospective (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); retrospective (Kannada 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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