retro

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Myspace is now a retro brand, isn't it?

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Quick take

a fashion reminiscent of the past

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of retro gathered in one view.

noun

a fashion reminiscent of the past

adjective

affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for retro.

noun

a fashion reminiscent of the past

adjective

affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay"

Example sentences

Myspace is now a retro brand, isn't it?

Youngsters connect to it too, in a "retro" way.

No, Ruby died last month, but now it's cool again in a retro sort of way.

It's never going to be used as a retro-fit - it looks too much like a skimmer.

Anyone else think this was a retro conference for the gopher protocol?

You may want "modern", or you may want "retro".And when the author says "...are not actually designers at all.

The Soviets use retro-rockets fired at the last moment to recover their capsules on land.

I notice a recurring theme of '80s retro-futurism in Moon.

For a lark I'm going to take an old project that has been running for years without a hitch and I'm going to retro-actively add tests to the code.

The first stage will simply reenter without having to retro-burn, and the second stage will need to retro-burn just enough to enter the atmosphere to achieve the rest of the braking.

Which is why the boring silver saloon or SUV is more common than the bright pink, retro-styled sports convertible, or the monster truck with jacked-up suspension and six foot diameter tires.

A clean bill of health will be given[1].All parties involved with be granted immunity, possibly retroactive, even though no wrong doing was found[2].More payments to data providers will be given[3], not considered bribes.