hindsight

[ hahynd-sahyt ]
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noun
  1. recognition of the realities, possibilities, or requirements of a situation, event, decision etc., after its occurrence.

Origin of hindsight

1
First recorded in 1850–55; hind1 + sight

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hindsight

/ (ˈhaɪndˌsaɪt) /


noun
  1. the ability to understand, after something has happened, what should have been done or what caused the event

  2. a firearm's rear sight

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