retrograde Sentence Examples

  1. The planet Mercury's current retrograde motion is believed to bring communication challenges.
  2. The company's retrograde growth strategy involved downsizing and consolidating operations.
  3. After a retrograde journey of several months, the spacecraft finally made contact with Earth.
  4. The patient's neurological retrograde amnesia prevented them from recalling events before a certain date.
  5. The glacier's retrograde movement indicates a change in the Earth's climate.
  6. The cells in the body undergo retrograde axonal transport to repair damaged neurons.
  7. The economy is currently in a retrograde phase, leading to job losses and decreased consumer spending.
  8. The artist's latest work explores the theme of retrograde identity in a rapidly changing world.
  9. The river's retrograde flow during a flood poses a significant safety hazard.
  10. The band's retrograde decision to release a greatest hits album instead of new material was met with mixed reactions from fans.

retrograde Meaning

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retrograde (v)

move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

move in a direction contrary to the usual one

move back

go back over

get worse or fall back to a previous condition

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retrograde (a)

moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth

of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

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retrograde (s)

going from better to worse

moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction

Webster

retrograde (a.)

Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.

Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive.

Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc.

Webster

retrograde (v. i.)

To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.

Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.

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FAQs About the word retrograde

move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies, move in a direction contrary to the usual one, move back, go back over, get worse or fall back to a previous con

backward, hind,reversed, reverse, posterior,rearward, after, astern, aft, rear

forward,forward,,

The planet Mercury's current retrograde motion is believed to bring communication challenges.

The company's retrograde growth strategy involved downsizing and consolidating operations.

After a retrograde journey of several months, the spacecraft finally made contact with Earth.

The patient's neurological retrograde amnesia prevented them from recalling events before a certain date.