From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
[en] Borrowed from [en], from [la], equivalent to [en]. Compare [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. Consideration of past times.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1853 | author=w:Charlotte Bronte | title=Villette
|passage=My mind, calmer and stronger now than last night, made for itself
some imperious rules, prohibiting under deadly penalties all weak RETROSPECT
of happiness past; commanding a patient journeying through the wilderness of
the present...}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1976 | author=w:Terry Kay | title=The Year the Lights Came On | page=298 | publisher=w:University of Georgia Press | year_published=1989 | isbn=0820311286
|passage=Whether, like Colin, in RETROSPECT Willie Lee and Baptist would feel
that what has vanished was greater than what was achieved, is not something we
can predict.}}
**** Derived terms
{{col4|en |in retrospect |retrospective |retrospectical |retrospection }}
**** Translations
[consideration of past times]
- Basque: [eu] , [eu]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To look or refer back to; to reflect on.
2. * [en]
*** See also
- [en]
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*** Anagrams
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