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retroactively

/ˌrɛt.rəʊˈæk.tɪv.li/

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adverb

/ˌrɛt.rəʊˈæk.tɪv.li/C1formallegal
  • ruНаречие, означающее «вступающее в силу с даты в прошлом» или «применяемое к предыдущему времени». Обычно используется в юридическом, финансовом и административном контексте для описания законов, платежей или решений, которые применяются задним числом.

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.

  1. After the factC1formal

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

    ruЗадним числом

    • 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.

    Synonymsex post factoretrospectively

    Antonymshenceforthhereafter

Forms
  • more retroactively comparative form
  • most retroactively superlative form