🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

retrospectivo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁetɾospektivu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Retrospective/ˌrɛtrəˈspɛktɪv/
adjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A análise retrospectiva demonstrou onde podemos melhorar."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Looking back on or dealing with past events or situations.

    "The committee conducted a retrospective review of the previous year's performance."
As noun
  1. 1

    An exhibition or compilation showcasing a significant body of work produced by an artist over a long period.

    "The museum is hosting a major retrospective of the photographer's lifelong works."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'retroscensus', combining 'retro-' (backward) and 'specere' (to look). Entered the English lexicon in the 17th century, initially denoting a mental looking backward, before expanding into legal, artistic, and technical domains to describe evaluations of past events.

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