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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a fashion reminiscent of the past;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. affecting things past;
- Example: "retroactive tax increase"
- Example: "an ex-post-facto law"
- Example: "retro pay"
[syn: ex post facto, retroactive, retro]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Retro- \Retro-\ [L. retro, adv., backward, back. Cf. Re-.]
   A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as,
   retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

retro
    adj 1: affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an
           ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay" [syn: ex post facto,
           retroactive, retro]
    n 1: a fashion reminiscent of the past