0 (of a law or decision) in a way that has effect from a date before it was approved: --
1 with effect from a date in the past before a law, decision, etc. was approved: --
The legislation applies retroactively to January 1.
A student can apply after the fact, and we'll process it retroactively.
The management retroactively approved some of those expenditures.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
We kunnen het stap voor stap voltooien, hoe lang de weg ook is en het kan niet worden voltooid, hoe kort de weg ook is, als je niet eens je voetafdruk markeert.