Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Backward.
- noun A prefix of Latin origin, meaning ‘back’ or ‘backward,’ ‘behind’: equivalent to post-, and the opposite of
ante- (also of pre- or pro-) with reference to place or position, rarely to time; sometimes also equivalent to re- and opposed to pre- or pro-. It corresponds to opistho- in words from the Greek.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A prefix or combining form signifying
backward ,back .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- prefix
back orbackward - prefix
behind - prefix in the
opposite direction - prefix informal in an
old-fashioned orold-school way
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective affecting things past
- noun a fashion reminiscent of the past
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Turtles Forever, wherein the aughties heroes encounter their retro-'80s selves.
Wired Top Stories jmckeel 2011
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Turtles Forever, wherein the aughties heroes encounter their retro-'80s selves.
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