retard
verb /rɪˈtɑːd/
/rɪˈtɑːrd/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they retard | /rɪˈtɑːd/ /rɪˈtɑːrd/ |
| he / she / it retards | /rɪˈtɑːdz/ /rɪˈtɑːrdz/ |
| past simple retarded | /rɪˈtɑːdɪd/ /rɪˈtɑːrdɪd/ |
| past participle retarded | /rɪˈtɑːdɪd/ /rɪˈtɑːrdɪd/ |
| -ing form retarding | /rɪˈtɑːdɪŋ/ /rɪˈtɑːrdɪŋ/ |
- retard something to make the development or progress of something slower synonym delay, slow
- The progression of the disease can be retarded by early surgery.
- The lack of a rail link retarded the town’s development.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRetard is used with these nouns as the object:- development
- growth
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French retarder, from Latin retardare, from re- ‘back’ + tardus ‘slow’.