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ret•ro

Pronunciation: (re'trō), [key]
—adj. Informal.
1. retroactive: retro pay.
2. of or designating the style of an earlier time: retro clothes.

a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin meaning “backward” (retrogress); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (retrorocket).

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