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Definition of retro adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

retro

adjective

/ˈretrəʊ/

/ˈretrəʊ/

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using styles or fashions from the recent past
- the current Seventies retro trend
Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
Word Origin1960s: from French rétro, abbreviation of rétrograde ‘retrograde’.

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