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Dictionary: ret·ro·spec·tive   (rĕt'rə-spĕk'tĭv) pronunciation
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.

retrospectively ret'ro·spec'tive·ly adv.

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Veterinary Dictionary: retrospective
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Said of data already collected or of events that have already occurred. Hence a retrospective study is a study of past events, in contradistinction to a prospective study.

WordNet: retrospective
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work


The adjective retrospective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: concerned with or related to the past
  Antonym: prospective (meaning #1)


Wikipedia: Retrospective
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Retrospective (from Latin retrospectare, "look back") generally means to take a look back at events that already have taken place. For example, the term is used in medicine, describing a look back at a patient's medical history or lifestyle.

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Visual arts

Within the visual arts, the term commonly refers to an art exhibition assembled to allow a look back at an individual artist's career, an art movement, or a certain artistic period.

In film as an art form, a retrospective is a representative selection of films of a specific actor, director, or other film crew member, or pertaining to a specific film genre or era. Retrospectives may be presented by local movie theaters or as part of film festivals.

Music

Retrospective compilations are sometimes assembled from an artist's greatest hits.

Awards

A retrospective award is one which is created, and then awarded to all persons who would previously have received it. Alternatively, a slight change to the criteria of an existing award may result in retrospective awards being presented to persons who would have won the award under present rules. Comparatively few awards are presented retrospectively.

Software development

The term is also used in software engineering, where a retrospective is a meeting held by a project team at the end of a project or process (often after an iteration) to discuss what was successful about the project or time period covered by that retrospective, what could be improved, and how to incorporate the successes and improvements in future iterations or projects.

In agile development retrospectives play a very important role in iterative and incremental development. At the end of every iteration a retrospective is held to look for ways to improve the process for the next iteration.

Law

The term is used in situations where the law is changed, making a previously committed lawful act now unlawful. Sir Stuart Bell used the term "retrospectivity" to describe the Thomas Legg audit of MPs' expenses.

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Translations: Retrospective
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - retrospektiv, tilbageskuende
n. - retrospektiv udstilling

Nederlands (Dutch)
terugziend, overzichts- tentoonstelling

Français (French)
adj. - rétrospectif
n. - rétrospective

Deutsch (German)
n. - Retrospektive
adj. - retrospektiv, rückwirkend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αναδρομή, αναδρομική έκθεση, ρετροσπεκτίβα
adj. - αναδρομικός

Italiano (Italian)
retrospettiva, retrospettivo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - retrospectiva (f)
adj. - retrospectivo, retroativo (Jur.)

Русский (Russian)
ретроспектива, ретроспективный, (юр.) имеющей обратную силу, итоговая выставка

Español (Spanish)
adj. - retrospectivo, con efecto retroactivo
n. - retrospectiva

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - återblick, tillbakablick
adj. - tillbakablickande, retroaktiv

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
回顾的, 在后面的, 怀旧的, 回顾展

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 回顧的, 在後面的, 懷舊的
n. - 回顧展

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 회고의, 배후에 있는, 소급하는
n. - 회고전, 작품 연표

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 回顧の, 遡及する, 回顧的な
n. - 回顧展, 作品年表

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) العرض الإستعادي (صفه) مولع باستعادة الأحداث الماضيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של העבר, של זכרונות, רטרוספקטיבי, רטרואקטיבי, נמצא מאחור‬
n. - ‮תערוכת אמנות מתקופה מסוימת או של יצירות מייצגות של אמן, רסיטל במבט לעבר‬


 
 
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