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# retro

«retro» in Mova's school dictionary: **Copying or looking like the style of the past, especially…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (retro); noun (retro — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Copying or looking like the style of the past, especially the 1950s to 1990s. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retro/#m1)

2) (informal) Old-fashioned in a fun or cool way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retro/#m2)

3) As a prefix «retro-» means «backwards», as in «retrograde» or «retrospective». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retro/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it describes clothes, games, music and furniture that look old on purpose, like retro video games or a retro diner. In design and art lessons it is a style word. Phrases: «retro style», «retro games», «go retro».

### examples

- Dad loves playing retro video games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retro/#x1)
- The café has a cool retro look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retro/#x2)
- She wore retro sunglasses from the 1970s. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retro/#x3)
- Retro sweets are sold in old-fashioned jars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retro/#x4)
- Vinyl records are retro but popular again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retro/#x5)
- The new phone has a retro design. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retro/#x6)

### note

Does not change form: «more retro» is possible in speech. Informal. Not the same as «antique» (really old, usually over 100 years). «Retro» things can be brand new but look old.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «retro» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retro/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.