hindsight

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhaɪndsaɪt/

Etymology

From hind +‎ sight

Noun

hindsight (uncountable)

1. 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!

2. The rear sight of a firearm

Antonyms

• foresight

Derived terms

• hindsightly
• twenty-twenty hindsight

Translations

after-the-fact realisation or understanding

Danish: bagklogskab (da) c. Finnish: jälkiviisaus (fi) French: recul (fr) m. Japanese: 後知恵 (ja) (あとぢえ, ato jie)

Portuguese: discernimento (pt) Russian: взгляд в прошлое (ru) (vzglyád v próshloe) m. Swedish: efterklokhet (sv)

the phrase "in hindsight"

Finnish: jälkikäteen ajateltuna (fi) French: avec le recul (fr), rétrospectivement (fr)

German: im Nachhinein (de) Swedish: i efterhand (sv)