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What (who) is Retard - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Retarded; Retards; Retard; Retardation (disambiguation); Retarted
retard
v. a.
1.
Check, obstruct, clog, impede, hinder.
2.
Delay, defer, postpone, adjourn, procrastinate, put off.
retard
¦ verb r?'t?:d delay or hold back in terms of development or progress.
¦ noun 'ri:t?:d offensive a person who has a mental disability (often used as a general term of abuse).
Derivatives
retardation noun
retarder noun
Origin
C15 (earlier (ME) as retardation): from Fr. retarder, from L. retardare, from re- 'back' + tardus 'slow'.
retard
(retarded)
1.
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.
= slow down
VERB: V n
2.
If you describe someone as a retard, you mean that they have not developed normally, either mentally or socially. (INFORMAL, OFFENSIVE)
What the hell do I want with an emotional retard?
N-COUNT [disapproval]
Wikipedia
Retardation
Retardation is the act or result of delaying; the extent to which anything is retarded or delayed; that which retards or delays.
Retardation or retarded or similar may refer to:
Examples of use of Retard
1. International cooperation can help accelerate success just as pressures can retard it.
2. Never go full retard." I worked with the Farrelly brothers on a film on this topic.
3. Trade Representative Susan Schwab told a news briefing, warning that such moves could retard China‘s growth.
4. Rampant corruption can retard democratic development, distort judicial processes, and destroy public trust.
5. I‘m riding that mountain bike because I‘m trying to retard the aging process.