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- Dictionaryre·tard
verb
- 1. delay or hold back in terms of progress, development, or accomplishment: "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.
noun [ C ] offensive uk / ˈriː.tɑːd / us / ˈriː.tɑːrd /. 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.
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.
To retard something is to slow it down. A lack of fresh fruit and vegetables can retard the growth of a young child.
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.
Retard Definition. To hinder, delay, or slow the advance or progress of. To be delayed or undergo retardation. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder. Retard the march of an army.
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.
1. transitive 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. Synonyms: slow down, check, arrest, delay More Synonyms of retard. 2. countable noun.
Definition of retard verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
re·tard 1. (rĭ-tärd′) v. re·tard·ed, re·tard·ing, re·tards. v.tr. To cause to move or proceed slowly; delay or impede. v.intr. To be delayed. n. 1. A slowing down or hindering of progress; a delay. 2. Music A slackening of tempo.
