retro
retro Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past.
"The diner features retro vinyl booths and a classic jukebox from the 1950s."
• noun
Clothes, music, or design styles that revive or imitate those of the recent past.
"Her wardrobe is an eclectic mix of modern minimalism and 1970s retro."
A retrospective meeting in software development and project management, held to review a completed phase and identify improvements.
"The engineering team scheduled a quick retro at the end of the sprint to discuss what went well."
A retrorocket on a spacecraft used to provide thrust opposite to the direction of motion.
"The lunar module fired its retros to slow down before entering orbit."
Word Nuance & Usage
'Retro' generally describes new items designed to imitate styles of the recent past, whereas 'vintage' refers to authentic items that were actually produced in an earlier era.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 1970s from French 'rétro', a shortening of 'rétrograde' (retrograde), ultimately from the Latin prefix 'retro-' meaning 'backward' or 'behind'.
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