retrospective account
collocation in Englishmeaningsofretrospectiveandaccount
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retrospective
adjective
uk/ˌret.rəˈspek.tɪv/us/ˌret.rəˈspek.tɪv/
relating to or thinking about ...
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account
noun
uk/əˈkaʊnt/us/əˈkaʊnt/
an arrangement with a bank to keep your money there and to allow you to take it out when you ...
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(Definition ofretrospectiveandaccountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofretrospective account
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Aretrospectiveaccountof what drove them to commit the crimes is likely to be self-serving.
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Oneretrospectiveaccountcited her retellings generally for the resonant, almost ceremonial language she uses to convey both story and feeling.
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Most of the data used in the following analyses were given in retrospective accounts from the older person's next-of-kin.
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After each task, the subjects listened to recordings of their commentaries as they performed the tasks and provided retrospective accounts of their lexical problem-solving behavior.
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Initial evidence was based on retrospective accounts of lifetime histories obtained from diagnostic interviews.
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It also provides a substantial bibliography incorporating contemporary or retrospective accounts by participants and observers alongside recent scholarship.
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Most retrospective accounts of second-century writers bewail their ignorance of fourth-century problems.
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Bradford's journal is described as aretrospectiveaccountof his recollections and observations.
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But this appreciation of its significance emerged much later, in retrospective accounts.
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Rather, my goal is to consider how protocol analysis (or any other method of eliciting verbal data, including interviews, retrospective accounts, etc.) functions from a cultural perspective.
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Retrospective accounts, particularly, may not be accurate.
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Another push factor mentioned in the retrospective accounts is that poor harvests or crop failure could reduce the need for labour in the local community and give rise to migration.
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