From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishret‧ro‧spect/ˈretrəspekt/noun→in retrospectExamples from the Corpusretrospect•So you won, Ragu, and inretrospectI think it was right that you did.•Popularfictionoften becomes more important inretrospect.•There would seem inretrospectto...
retro-/retrəʊ, -trə$-troʊ, -trə/prefixback towards the past or an earlier stateretroactive legislation(=laws which have an effect on things already done)a retrograde step(=returning to a worse state)Examples from the Corpusretro-•inretrospect ...
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In retrospect; with reference to or with reflection upon the past; in law, ex post facto. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. adverb By way of retrospect. from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. adverb In a retrospective manner...
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