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Definitions: Retrospective |
RetrospectiveAdjective1. Concerned with or related to the past; "retrospective self-justification". Noun1. An exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "retrospective" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Looking back at events that have already taken place. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| RECON | English | Retrospective conversion | Information |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Antonym: prospective (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Experiment | Epidemiological survey, retrospective analysis, retrospective survey, prospective survey, prospective analysis; statistical analysis. |
The Past | Looking back; Verb: retrospective, retroactive; archaeological; n. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Retrospective |
| English words defined with "retrospective": Ex postfacto ♦ Retroact. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "retrospective": Drug Utilization Review ♦ in-ground encapsulation ♦ Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine ♦ Peer Review, Health Care ♦ retrospective bibliography, retrospective rating, retrospective reserve, retrospective search, Retrospective Studies, retrospective study, retrospective trace, retrospective validation. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Retrospective (2002) Legacy (Bill Clinton Retrospective - 2000 DNC) (2000) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Revue retrospective. / [Sulpice Gavarni].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | During the preparations for the marriage, and while waiting for the time fixed upon, he had some difficult and careful retrospective researches made. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | We gave relatively low credibility to retrospective subset analyses in the absence of confirmatory studies. (references) | |
One of these studies was retrospective (backward-looking), while the other was prospective and followed new patients. (references) | ||
Estimates of the effects of behavioral outcomes on HIV seroconversion are still relatively few and mostly retrospective. (references) | ||
Business | Poland introduced a new patent protection law in 1993, although the first products which will be covered by it will be those patents expire after 2013. In the meantime, many products which are close to patent expiry in the EU already have generic competition in Poland because of the lack of retrospective legislation. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Claims have been made for retrospective allowances in behalf of the superintendent and some of his assistants, which I did not feel justified in granting. |
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| "Retrospective" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.21% of the time. "Retrospective" is used about 506 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.21% | 502 | 12,008 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.39% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.2% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.2% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 506 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "retrospective": retrospective bibliography ♦ retrospective rating ♦ retrospective reserve ♦ retrospective search ♦ Retrospective Studies ♦ retrospective study ♦ retrospective trace ♦ retrospective validation. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "retrospective": mini-retrospective. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ama retrospective | 17 |
retrospective | 15 |
research retrospective | 4 |
career jordan michael retrospective | 4 |
furniture retrospective | 4 |
retrospective study | 4 |
retrospective validation | 3 |
retrospective rush | 3 |
home retrospective | 3 |
penelitian retrospective | 3 |
retrospective rating | 2 |
jordan michael retrospective | 2 |
alexandria retrospective | 2 |
memory retrospective | 2 |
conversion retrospective | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "retrospective"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që i përket së kaluarës, prapavështruës. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متطلع الى الوراء, معرض لأعمال فنان منذ بدايته, المعرض الاستعادي, إستعادي للأحداث. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | юбилейна изложба, ретроспективна изложба, ретроспективен, с обратна сила (retroactive), обърнат назад (reflective, retroflex, retrograde, retrorse), намиращ се зад някого. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 回顾展. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | retrospektivní, pùsobící zpìtnì (retroactive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | retrospektivt trace (retrospective trace), retrospektive data (retrospective data), retrospektiv undersøgelse (retrospective study), retrospektiv soegning (retrospective search), retrospektiv reserve (retrospective reserve), retrospektiv dosimetri (retrospective dosimetry), retrospektiv bibliografi (retrospective bibliography), retrospektiv beregning (retrospective rating), validering på basis af erfarede data (retrospective validation), Indeksering ved et dokuments litteraturhenvisningsliste (retrospective citation indexing), forudsigelser og modelberegninger om ionosfæren (retrospective ionospheric modelling), efterfølgende tilsyn med indførslen (retrospective surveillance of imports), bagudrettet analyse af udviklingen inden for sektoren (retrospective analysis of sectoral developments), aftale med efterfølgende fakturering (contract with retrospective billing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | retrospectieve gegevens (retrospective data), retrospectief berekende premiereserve (retrospective reserve), retrospectief model van de ionosfeer (retrospective ionospheric modelling), retrospectief onderzoek (retrospective study), retrospectieve citatenindexering (retrospective citation indexing), retrospectieve stralingsmeting van deeltjesstraling (retrospective dosimetry), retrospectieve tarifering (retrospective rating), retrospectieve validatie (retrospective validation), retrospectieve vraag (retrospective search), retrospectieve bibliografie (retrospective bibliography), toezicht achteraf op de invoer (retrospective surveillance of imports), communautair post factum toezicht (retrospective Community surveillance), stroomgraf (retrospective trace), terugwerkende bibliografie (retrospective bibliography), terugwerkende kracht van de voorwaarde (retrospective effect of the condition), ex-post analyse van de ontwikkeling in de sector (retrospective analysis of sectoral developments), de wet heeft geen terugwerkende kracht (the law has no retrospective effect), contractueel geregelde betaling met facturering achteraf (contract with retrospective billing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ajassa taaksepäin ulottuva. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rétrospective, rétrospectif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | rückblickend (retrospect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανασκοπικόσ, αναδρομικόσ (retroactive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מפרעי (retroactive), אחורני (backward, hind, rearmost), רטרוספקטיבי, סוקר לאחור. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | visszatekintő, visszapillantó, visszaható hatályú. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | retrospettivo, retrospettiva (flashback, flash-back), retroattivo (reactive, retroactive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | レトルト食品 (Lebanon, Lennon, lever, leverage, liver, packed and sterilised food, rehabilitation, renumber, retort pack, retrovirus, rhenium), 回顧的 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | レトロ , かいこてき. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 회고 (recall, Recollecting, retrospect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | goll er ash (ascend, ascend genealogy, draw back, go back, regress, regression, return, reversal, reversion, revert), cooyl-reayrtagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etrospectiveray retrospectivo (reminiscent), retroativo (retroactive), voltado para o passado. (various references) retrospectiv (retrospectively), retroactiv (retroactive, retroactively, retrospectively). (various references) ретроспективный. (various references) retrospektivan (retrospect). (various references) retrospectivo. (various references) retroaktiv (retroactive). (various references) geçmişi de kapsayan, geçmişe yönelik, geçmişe ait. (various references) ретроспективний. (various references) hồi tưởng quá khứ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "retrospective": retrospectively, retrospectives. (additional references) | |
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"Retrospective" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Heterospective, restrospective, retrosective, retrosrective. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "retrospective" (pronounced re'truspe"ktiv) |
| 10 | -t r u s p e" k t i v | introspective. |
| 9 | -r u s p e" k t i v | irrespective, prospective, respective. |
| 7 | -s p e" k t i v | perspective. |
| 5 | -e" k t i v | affective, collective, connective, corrective, defective, detective, directive, effective, elective, ineffective, infective, invective, objective, projective, protective, reflective, selective, subjective. |
| 4 | -k t i v | active, addictive, adjective, attractive, conductive, constructive, counterproductive, destructive, distinctive, hyperactive, inactive, injunctive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, nonproductive, obstructive, octave, overactive, photoconductive, predictive, proactive, productive, radioactive, reactive, reconstructive, refractive, reproductive, restrictive, retroactive, seductive, superconductive, unattractive, unproductive, vindictive. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, adaptive, additive, administrative, adoptive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, congestive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corruptive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distributive, duplicative, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inattentive, incentive, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, inventive, investigative, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, plaintive, positive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, probative, prognosticative, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, receptive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, restive, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, substantive, suggestive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-i-o-p-r-r-s-t-t-v" | |
-2 letters: overprecise. | |
-3 letters: corsetiere, overprices, perceivers, preservice, preterites, protective, recoveries, resorptive, respective, retrospect. | |
-4 letters: corvettes, creepiest, overprice, oversteer, overtires, perceiver, perceives, portieres, potterers, potteries, poverties, preerects, preterite, preterits, protester, receivers, receptive, receptors, rectories, reprieves, reservice, respecter, retrieves, secretive, serviette, toepieces, trisector. | |
-5 letters: corvette, coteries, cottiers, coverers, coveters, creepers, creepier, creepies, crepiest, critters, erecters, erective, erectors. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-i-o-p-r-r-s-t-t-v" | |
+1 letter: retrospectives. | |
+2 letters: retrospectively. | |
+5 letters: overprotectiveness. | |
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