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ˈtɑrd
taard
/ÉšÉĒtˈɑːd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "retard"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something move or operate more slowly
Transitive: to retard a movement or process
to retard definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Cold temperatures can retard the growth of certain plants.
āĻļā§€āϤāϞ āϤāĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to slow down or decrease speed
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The athlete ’s pace began to retard after the third lap due to exhaustion.
āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĨāϞāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϧ⧀āϰ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to delay or push back an event, task, or decision to a later time
Transitive: to retard an event
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Due to scheduling conflicts, they had to retard the appointment.
āĻļāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāωāϞāĻŋāĻ‚ āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to experience a delay or slow progress in a process or activity
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The process of approval retarded because of the complicated paperwork.
āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϧ⧀āϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

a person with an intellectual disability

Offensive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Using retard to describe anyone with learning difficulties is disgusting.
02

a foolish, stupid, or socially inept person

Offensive
Slang
Vulgar
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He's a complete retard for thinking that scam email was real.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

retarded
retarder
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