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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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RETARD definition: 1. to make something slower: 2. a word for a person with a learning disability (= a condition that…. Learn more.
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.
To retard something is to slow it down. A lack of fresh fruit and vegetables can retard the growth of a young child.
Define retard. retard synonyms, retard pronunciation, retard translation, English dictionary definition of retard. 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...
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.
a word used to describe 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.
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.
If you describe someone as a retard, you mean that they have not developed normally, either mentally or socially.
noun. a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person who is cognitively impaired. a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective in some way.
Definition of retard verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
