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- transitive verb : to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment chemicals to retard the spread of fire intransitive verb : to become delayed : to undergo retardation
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Definition of retard verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a word for a person with a learning disability (= a condition that can have an effect on someone's ability to learn easily), which was used by doctors in the past but is now extremely offensive. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The noun is pronounced (riːtɑːʳd ). 1. verb. If something retards a process, or the development of something, it makes it happen more slowly. [formal] Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future. [VERB noun] Synonyms: slow down, check, arrest, delay More Synonyms of retard. 2. countable noun.
What does the verb retard mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb retard , one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede. Synonyms: check, obstruct. Antonyms: accelerate. verb (used without object) to be delayed. noun. a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
1. If something retards a process, or the development of something, it makes it happen more slowly. [formal] [...] 2. If you describe someone as a retard, you mean that they have not developed normally, either mentally or socially. [informal, offensive, disapproval] [...] More.
