ret·ro·spec·tive 
(rĕt′rə-spĕktĭv)
(rĕt′rə-spĕktĭv)adj.
1. Looking back on, contemplating, or directed to the past.
2. Looking or directed backward.
3. Applying to or influencing the past; retroactive.
4. Of, relating to, or being a retrospective: a retrospective art exhibition.
n.
An exhibition or performance of works produced by an artist over a considerable period.
ret′ro·spective·ly adv.
- Indo-European root: plek-
- Indo-European root: pleu-
- Indo-European root: plāk-
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- Indo-European root: pneu-
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- Indo-European root: poti-
- Indo-European root: prek-
- Indo-European root: preus-
- Indo-European root: prī-
- Indo-European root: pā-
- Indo-European root: pāl-
- Indo-European root: pē(i)-
- Indo-European root: pō(i)-
- Indo-European root: pū̆-
- Indo-European root: pəter-
- Indo-European root: re-
- Indo-European root: reg-
- Indo-European root: rei-
- Indo-European root: reidh-
- Indo-European root: reig-
- Indo-European root: rep-
- Indo-European root: ret-
- Indo-European root: reudh-
- Indo-European root: reug-