"retroactively" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˌɹɛtɹoʊˈæktɪvli/ [US]
Etymology: retroactive + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|retroactive|ly}} retroactive + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} retroactively (not comparable)
  1. Done after the fact; applying to events that have previously transpired. Tags: not-comparable Translations (done after the fact): retroactivament (Catalan), tagasiulatuvalt (Estonian), takautuvasti (Finnish), rétroactivement (French), rückwirkend (German), visszamenőleg (Hungarian), visszamenőlegesen (Hungarian), go aisghníomhach (Irish), retroattivamente (Italian), retroaktivt (Norwegian Bokmål), retroaktivt (Norwegian Nynorsk), retroaktywnie (Polish), retroativamente (Portuguese), retroactivamente (Spanish), retroaktivt (Swedish), geriye dönük (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-retroactively-en-adv-ar7ePYbx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly

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          "text": "The new legislature passed a resolution retroactively legalizing the actions of the revolutionaries that brought them to power."
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      "word": "retroactivament"
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      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "done after the fact",
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      "sense": "done after the fact",
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    },
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      "sense": "done after the fact",
      "word": "rétroactivement"
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      "sense": "done after the fact",
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      "sense": "done after the fact",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "done after the fact",
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      "sense": "done after the fact",
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      "sense": "done after the fact",
      "word": "retroaktywnie"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "done after the fact",
      "word": "retroativamente"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "done after the fact",
      "word": "retroactivamente"
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      "sense": "done after the fact",
      "word": "retroaktivt"
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      "sense": "done after the fact",
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