Retrospective Definition

rĕtrə-spĕktĭv
retrospectives
adjective
Looking back on or directed to the past, past events, etc.
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Looking or directed backward.
A retrospective view of the river.
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Applying to the past; retroactive.
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Of, relating to, or being a retrospective.
A retrospective art exhibition.
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noun
retrospectives
A representative exhibition of the lifetime work of an artist.
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Other Word Forms of Retrospective

Noun

Singular:
retrospective
Plural:
retrospectives

Origin of Retrospective

  • retrospect+-ive. from Latin retrospectare

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Retrospective Sentence Examples

  • The retrospective exhibition of means of transport was interesting in view of the recent opening of the Simplon tunnel, the occasion of the exhibition.

  • The prose works touch on retrospective topics or deal with subjects of deep meditation.

  • This retrospective tendency was favourably regarded by the government.

  • He published Something of Men I have Known; With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical and Retrospective (1909).

  • The process of retrospective review has produced positive results.

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