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ret⋅ro⋅spec⋅tive
[re-truh-spek-tiv] 
trəˈspɛk
–adjective
| 1. | directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc. |
| 2. | looking or directed backward. |
| 3. | retroactive, as a statute. |
–noun
| 4. | an art exhibit showing an entire phase or representative examples of an artist's lifework. |
| 5. | any exhibition or series of showings or performances, as of musical works or motion pictures, representing the work of an artist or performer over all or a major part of a career: a retrospective of John Ford's movies. |
Related forms:
ret⋅ro⋅spec⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
ret⋅ro⋅spec⋅tive⋅ness, noun
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| ret·ro·spec·tive (rět'rə-spěk'tĭv) adj.
ret'ro·spec'tive·ly adv. |
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Retrospective
Re`tro*spec"tive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]trospectif.]1. Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view. The sage, with retrospective eye. --Pope. 2. Having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law. Inflicting death by a retrospective enactment. --Macaulay.
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Main Entry: ret·ro·spec·tive
Pronunciation: 're-tr&-"spek-tiv
Function: adjective
: affecting things past : RETROACTIVE; specifically : of, relating to, or being a law that takes away or impairs vested rights, creates new duties or obligations, or attaches new disabilities with respect to acts and transactions completed before its enactment —ret·ro·spec·tive·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: ret·ro·spec·tive
Pronunciation: -'spek-tiv
Function: adjective
1 a : of, relating to, or given to introspection b : relating to or being a study (as of a disease) that starts with the present condition of a population of individuals and collects data about their past history to explain theirpresent condition —compare PROSPECTIVE
2 : based on memory —ret·ro·spec·tive·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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