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retrovert

retrovert verb: to turn back; to return to a previous state.

Verb

retrovert (third-person singular simple present retroverts, present participle retroverting, simple past and past participle retroverted)

  1. To turn back; to return to a previous state.

Noun

retrovert (plural retroverts)

  1. One who returns to their original creed.

retrovert meaning in Urdu and Kannada

retrovert in Urdu

پیچھے موڑنا

retrovert in Kannada

ಹಿನ್ನೋಡು, ಹಿನ್ನೋಟ ಬೀರು, ಹಿಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗು, ವಾಪಸಾಗು

Forms of retrovert

Verb
third-person singular presentretroverts
present participleretroverting
past participleretroverted
pastretroverted
Noun
pluralretroverts

Origin of retrovert

From retro- + Latin vertere, versum (“to turn”). Compare retrorse.

Questions about retrovert

What does retrovert mean?
Retrovert means to turn back; to return to a previous state.
What is retrovert in Urdu?
Retrovert in Urdu is پیچھے موڑنا. See Retrovert meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is retrovert?
Retrovert can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of retrovert?
The past tense of retrovert is retroverted.

Words near retrovert in the dictionary

  1. retroverse
  2. retroversioflexion
  3. retroversioflexions
  4. retroversion
  5. retroversions
  6. retrovert
  7. retrovertebral
  8. retroverted
  9. retroverting
  10. retroverts
  11. retrovesical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retrovert (page history and authors); retrovert (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); retrovert (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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