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retrograde

/ˈrɛtrəɡreɪd/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈrɛtrəɡreɪd/
retrograde
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

ret - rog - rade -> retrograde

Myanmar meaning

(adj) နောက်ဆုတ်သော။ညံ့ဖျင်းလာသော။

Full entry

retrograde /'retrǝgreÇd/ adj (fml )

ဆုတ်နစ်သော။
Closing small village schools is a retrograde step.

More examples
  • [a retrograde step] : The government’s whole transport strategy is a huge retrograde step.
Synonyms
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
Antonyms
forward, improving, positive
Cross references
retrospectivenostalgictraditionalconservativeback out ofbackpedalbacktrackbackwardbackwardsbe worse for wearbecome obsoletebecome worsebecoming obsoleteboil downboiled downbreak downbreaking downcataboliccave incaving inchange mindchange one's mindcontrarydeclinedecliningdeterioratedeterioratingdie
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