retroactively

An adverb meaning "taking effect from a date in the past" or "applying to a prior time." It is commonly used in legal, financial, and administrative contexts to describe laws, payments, or decisions that are applied retrospectively.

• 🇩🇪Adverb, das bedeutet, dass etwas rückwirkend gilt oder auf einen früheren Zeitpunkt angewendet wird. Es wird vor allem im rechtlichen, finanziellen und administrativen Bereich verwendet, etwa für Gesetze, Zahlungen oder Entscheidungen, die rückwirkend in Kraft treten.

1. After the fact C1 formal

   Applying to events that have already occurred; effective from a past date.

   • The new law was applied retroactively to cases from last year.
   • The salary increase was granted retroactively to the beginning of the quarter.
   • The contract was amended retroactively to include the missing clause.

   🇩🇪Rückwirkend

   Synonyme: ex post factoretrospectively

   Antonyme: henceforthhereafter

• more retroactively comparative form
• most retroactively superlative form