Complete Definition of "hindsight"

English

Noun
hindsight

  1. realisation|Realisation or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred

#:When you read "Seven Little Rabbits" at age 6 and read it again 15 years later, the hindsight you've developed in the time between will make you look at and think of the book much differently than you did the first time!

  1. The rear sight of a firearm

Derived terms
twenty-twenty hindsight

Translations
trans-top|after-the-fact realisation or understanding
Finnish: jälkiviisaus
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Japanese: ��������, ato jie�
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trans-top|the phrase "in hindsight"
German: im Nachhinein
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