hindsight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
The rear sight of a firearm.

/ˈhaɪn(d)saɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hindsight.wav

hindsight hindsights

From hind + sight, 19th c. Compare Latinate retrospect.

backsight

foresight

afterknowledge hindlook retrospect

hindsight is 20/20 hindsightism hindsightly in hindsight twenty-twenty hindsight

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