retrospective (redirected from retrospectives)

ret·ro·spec·tive  (rtr-spktv)

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.

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retro·spective·ly adv.

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retrospective [ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛktɪv]

adj

1. looking or directed backwards, esp in time; characterized by retrospection

2. applying to the past; retroactive

n

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) an exhibition of an artist's life's work or a representative selection of it

retrospectively  adv

retrospectiveness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	retrospective - an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work art exhibition - an exhibition of art objects (paintings or statues)
Adj.	1.	retrospective - concerned with or related to the past; "retrospective self-justification" backward - directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view" prospective - of or concerned with or related to the future; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "a prospective bride"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation"

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retrospective

noun

review, revision, another look, reassessment, fresh look, second look, reconsideration, re-evaluation, re-examination They honoured him with a retrospective of his work.

adjective

retroactive, backdated, backward-looking a retrospective fear of the responsibility she had taken on

Translations

retrospective [ˌretrəʊˈspektɪv]

A. ADJ → retrospectivo; [law etc] → retroactivo, de efecto retroactivo

B. N (Art) → (exposición f) retrospectiva f

retrospective [ˌrɛtrəˈspɛktɪv]

adj

[law] → rétroactif/ive

[feeling, look, claim, observation] → rétrospectif/ive

(ART) a retrospective exhibition → une rétrospective
a retrospective show → une rétrospective

n

(ART) → rétrospective f

retrospective

adj thought → rückblickend; wisdom → im Nachhinein; (Admin, Jur) → rückblickend; pay rise → rückwirkend; retrospective effect → Rückwirkung f; a retrospective exhibition → eine Retrospektive; a retrospective look (at) → ein Blick m → zurück (→ auf +acc)

n → Retrospektive f

retrospective [ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛktɪv]

1. adj (gen) → retrospettivo/a; (pay rise) (Law) → retroattivo/a

2. n (Art) → retrospettiva

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retrospective [ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛktɪv]

1. adj (gen) → retrospettivo/a; (pay rise) (Law) → retroattivo/a

2. n (Art) → retrospettiva