retrograde
/ˈrɛtrəɡreɪd/
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American sound/ˈrɛtrəɡreɪd/
retrograde
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- Final e often stays silent
ret - rog - rade -> retrograde
Myanmar meaning
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retrograde /'retrǝgreÇd/ adj (fml )
ဆုတ်နစ်သော။
Closing small village schools is a retrograde step.
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retrospective, nostalgic, traditional, conservative, back out of, backpedal, backtrack, backward, backwards, be worse for wear, become obsolete, become worse, becoming obsolete, boil down, boiled down, break down, breaking down, catabolic, cave in, caving in, change mind, change one's mind, contrary, decline, declining, deteriorate, deteriorating, die, die off, dilapidate, disimprove, drain away, draw in, drive back, ease off, eat one's words, eating one's words, fade away, fade out, fading away, fall back, fall off the wagon, fizzle out, flip flop, flipflop, flow back, forget it, get to meat, get worse, getting worse, give back, give ground, give main points, giving back, go along with, go away, go back on, go bad, go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, going away, going bad, hark back, have change of heart, hit the skids, inverse, inverted, keep aloof, keep apart, lapse, lapsing, lay down, laying down, lose it, lose power, lose quality, lose value, lost it, melt away, move back, moving back, nig, offed, offing, pull back, put in a nutshell, put in nutshell, rearward, rearwards, recede, receding, recidivate, reel in, regressive, reoccur, retrace one's steps, retrace steps, retract, retreat, retrocede, retrogress, reversed, reversing, revert, reverting, rot, run low, running low, seclude oneself, sink, sinking, slipping, start back, summarize, summate, summing, take up where left off, throw back, turn back, turned back, turning back, unsay, unsaying, waste away, wasted away, wasting away, wear away, wearing away, worsen, worsening
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