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verb
- 1. delay or hold back in terms of progress or development: "our progress was retarded by unforeseen difficulties"
noun
- 1. a person who has an intellectual disability (often used as a general term of abuse). offensive
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The meaning of RETARD is to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment. How to use retard in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Retard.
RETARD definition: 1. to make something slower: 2. a word for a person with a learning disability (= a condition that…. Learn more.
If you describe someone as a retard, you mean that they have not developed normally, either mentally or socially.
Definition of retard verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun retard, two of which are considered offensive. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
To retard something is to slow it down. A lack of fresh fruit and vegetables can retard the growth of a young child.
Retard definition: to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.. See examples of RETARD used in a sentence.
