retrograde in Hindi हिन्दी
retrograde in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
retrograde in Marathi मराठी
retrograde in Santali
retrograde in Sindhi سنڌي
retrograde in Telugu తెలుగు
retrograde in English
- retrograde⇄adj. 1. moving backward; retreating.
2. becoming worse; declining; deteriorating.
3. inverse or reversed.
Ex. retrograde order. After the brilliant quantitative work of W. D. Wright, ... it seems somewhat retrograde to examine one's s - retrograde⇄adv. retrogradely.
- retrograde⇄retrograde, adjective, verb, -graded,-grading.
- retrograde⇄v.i. 1. to move or go backward.
2. to fall back toward a worse condition; grow worse; decline; deteriorate.
Ex. All that is human must retrograde if it do not advance (Edward Gibbon).
3. (Astronomy.) (of a planet or asteroid) to appea - retrograde⇄v.t. to cause to go backward; turn back.
Ex. We see, now, events forced on, which seem to retard or retrograde the civility of ages (Emerson).