Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "retardatory" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF RETARDATORY

retardatory  [rɪˈtɑːdətərɪ] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RETARDATORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Retardatory is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RETARDATORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of retardatory in the English dictionary

The definition of retardatory in the dictionary is tending to slow down.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RETARDATORY


amendatory
əˈmɛndətərɪ
commendatory
kəˈmendətərɪ
dietary
ˈdaɪətərɪ
emendatory
ɪˈmendətərɪ
fecundatory
fɪˈkʌndətərɪ
feudatory
ˈfjuːdətərɪ
gradatory
ˈɡreɪdətərɪ
laboratory
ləˈbɒrətərɪ
laudatory
ˈlɔːdətərɪ
mandatary
ˈmændətərɪ
mandatory
ˈmændətərɪ
predatory
ˈprɛdətərɪ
recommendatory
ˌrɛkəˈmɛndətərɪ
respiratory
ˈrɛspərətərɪ
subfeudatory
ˌsʌbˈfjuːdətərɪ
subinfeudatory
ˌsʌbɪnˈfjuːdətərɪ
sudatory
ˈsjuːdətərɪ
transudatory
trænˈsjuːdətərɪ
trepidatory
trəˈpɪdətərɪ
validatory
ˈvælɪdətərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RETARDATORY

retaliationist
retaliative
retaliator
retaliatory
retally
retama
retape
retard
retardant
retardate
retardation
retardative
retarded
retarded acceleration
retarded ignition
retarder
retardment
retarget
retaste
retax

WORDS THAT END LIKE RETARDATORY

ambulatory
anti-inflammatory
celebratory
circulatory
compensatory
conservatory
defamatory
derogatory
directory
discriminatory
explanatory
exploratory
migratory
obligatory
observatory
oscillatory
participatory
preparatory
purgatory
regulatory
research laboratory

Synonyms and antonyms of retardatory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «retardatory» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF RETARDATORY

Find out the translation of retardatory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of retardatory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «retardatory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

retardatory
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

retardatory
570 millions of speakers

English

retardatory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

retardatory
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

retardatory
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

retardatory
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

retardatory
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

retardatory
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

retardatory
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Retardatory
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

retardatory
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

retardatory
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

retardatory
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Retardatory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

retardatory
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

retardatory
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिगामी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

retardatory
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

retardatory
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

retardatory
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

retardatory
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

retardatory
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

retardatory
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

retardatory
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

retardatory
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

retardatory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of retardatory

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RETARDATORY»

The term «retardatory» is normally little used and occupies the 145.535 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Little used
32
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «retardatory» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of retardatory
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «retardatory».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RETARDATORY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «retardatory» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «retardatory» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about retardatory

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETARDATORY»

Discover the use of retardatory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to retardatory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory
Retardatory devices refer to various techniques for delaying *closure (see NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES). They contribute to our sense of narrative dynamics by suspending, partially unveiling, and momentarily blocking the answers to the ...
David HERMAN, Manfred JAHN, Marie-Laure RYAN, 2010
2
Expositional Modes and Temporal Ordering in Fiction
RETARDATORY. STRUCTURE,. EXPOSITIONAL. SUSPENSION,. AND. THE. DETECTIVE. STORY. This postponement of the point put Florence in a flutter; and she looked from Cousin Feenix to Walter in increasing agitation. Charles Dickens ...
Meir Sternberg, 1993
3
The Genesis of Language: A Different Judgement of Evidence
speech has genetic correlates, it is logical to conclude that language evolution is also the result of the retardatory action produced by our genes. Gould (1977: 376 ) does not comment on speech, but he does point out that “human retardation is ...
Marge E. Landsberg, 1988
4
Patterns of Time: Mizoguchi and the 1930s
In addition to supporting a web of retardatory structures in the film, flashbacks invite us to focus on curiosity about the major characters and, in doing so, invite a modification of our initial impressions. By immediately bringing up past events, ...
Donald Kirihara, 1992
5
Narratology and Interpretation: The Content of Narrative ...
Equally retardatory is the very next scene too (18.9–11); Bolis' negotiations with Antiochus do little to promote the development of the action. Later on, the encounter of Achaeus and Bolis is invested with essentially dramatic value. Achaeus ...
Jonas Grethlein, Antonios Rengakos, 2009
6
Aeolus: Originations of Words : with a Digressional Treatise ...
It has not been usual, as far as I know, to contemplate in a pellucid medium any such retardatory quality. When for instance we learn that darkness absolute reigns beneath the sea, we are still inclined to think that if the sea-water were ...
Trafford, 1843
7
The Poetics of Biblical Narrative: Ideological Literature ...
The lastminute change of plan appears negligible in terms of divine omnipotence and, hence, of suspense as the clash between hope and fear; but it has crucial implications for the human arena and hence for retardatory suspense.
Meir Sternberg, 1987
8
Religious Conversion: A Bio-Psychological Study
There are accelerator and retardatory hormones of metabolism, or disassimilative and assimilative (Biedl), or catabolic and anabolic. According to Falta, the glands of the interstitial cells are retardatory or anabolic, whilst the generative glands ...
de Sanctis, Sante, 2013
9
Oxygen Compounds: Advances in Research and Application: 2011 ...
In the presence of either hematite or goethite-containing Fe(III) ranging from 10 to 30 mM, the reduction of U(VI) was retarded by both minerals and the retardatory effect was enhanced with increasing amount of Fe(III) (hydr)oxide.
‎2012
10
The Purple Island and Anatomy in Early Seventeenth-century ...
The retardatory device or "delay" of this eschatological narrative is thus past- oriented. But events 7 and 8 also open up a vista of eternal life in the future and an understanding for which Man strives in the earlier moral conflict, and so the delay ...
Peter Mitchell, 2007

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Retardatory [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/retardatory>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z