hindsight
Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have…Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
» In hindsight, this was a mistake.
Im nachhinein betrachtet, war es ein Fehler.
Оглядываясь назад, я понимаю, что это была ошибка.
Озираючись у минуле, це була помилка.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
You know what they say, hindsight is twenty-twenty.
In hindsight, I realize that I should have studied harder for the exam.
Rückblick
взгля́д в про́шлоеvzgljád v próšloje, ретроспективный взглядretrospektivnyj vzgljad
understanding the nature of an event after it has happened
(countable, rare, uncountable)The rear sight of a firearm.
Holonym: iron sights
прицелpricel
Examples
19 sentencesIn hindsight, this was a mistake.
Озираючись у минуле, це була помилка.
ruОглядываясь назад, я понимаю, что это была ошибка.
deIm nachhinein betrachtet, war es ein Fehler.
The truth is always obvious in hindsight.
In hindsight, she wished she had acted differently.
I sometimes do things I can't explain in hindsight.
deIch tue manchmal Dinge, die ich im nachhinein nicht erklären kann.
It really wasn't worth the money at the hindsight.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From hind + sight, 19th c. Compare Latinate retrospect.From hind + sight, 19th c. Compare Latinate retrospect.
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Forms
plural: hindsights| Singular | hindsight |
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Synonyms
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1 antonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable