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Meaning of retrograde
1 definition found From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: retrograde adj 1: moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth [ant: {direct}] 2: of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma [ant: {anterograde}] 3: going from better to worse [syn: {retrograde}, {retrogressive}] 4: moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction [syn: {retral}, {retrograde}] v 1: move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies 2: move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets" 3: move back; "The glacier retrogrades" [syn: {retrograde}, {retreat}] 4: go back over; "retrograde arguments" [syn: {retrograde}, {rehash}, {hash over}] 5: get worse or fall back to a previous condition [syn: {regress}, {retrograde}, {retrogress}] [ant: {advance}, {come along}, {come on}, {get along}, {get on}, {progress}, {shape up}]
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