Definition of retroactively in English:
retroactively
adverbˌrɛtrəʊˈaktɪvliˌrɛtroʊˈæktɪvli
With effect from a date in the past.
the new rates will apply retroactively from January 1
Example sentencesExamples
- Once a suspect is identified, people retroactively interpret incidents to support the new accusation.
- It's an outcome with which many of these politicians are far from unhappy, as it retroactively justifies their own bad behavior.
- The programme, which had expired 31 December 2003, will be extended retroactively from that date to 31 December 2005.
- Once the budget is passed, all payments will be made retroactively.
- The board will apply this position for all tax years retroactively.
- Even his later eminence couldn't turn him retroactively into a cult figure.
- The court orders an increase in his government pension, to be carried out retroactively.
- This will apply retroactively to former users of the service.
- The exemptions were extended retroactively to cover many investments made during the period in which the incentive had been eliminated.
- Up the road is a 1930s Atlanta soda fountain that has been retroactively desegregated.
Definition of retroactively in US English:
retroactively
adverbˌrɛtroʊˈæktɪvliˌretrōˈaktivlē
With effect from a date in the past.
the new rates will apply retroactively from January 1
Example sentencesExamples
- The exemptions were extended retroactively to cover many investments made during the period in which the incentive had been eliminated.
- It's an outcome with which many of these politicians are far from unhappy, as it retroactively justifies their own bad behavior.
- The board will apply this position for all tax years retroactively.
- Even his later eminence couldn't turn him retroactively into a cult figure.
- Once the budget is passed, all payments will be made retroactively.
- The programme, which had expired 31 December 2003, will be extended retroactively from that date to 31 December 2005.
- Once a suspect is identified, people retroactively interpret incidents to support the new accusation.
- The court orders an increase in his government pension, to be carried out retroactively.
- Up the road is a 1930s Atlanta soda fountain that has been retroactively desegregated.
- This will apply retroactively to former users of the service.