hindsight

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪn(d)saɪt/

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hindsight (countable and uncountable, plural hindsights)

1. 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.

   • 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 133:

     Hindsight is more easily acquired than foresight.

2. (rare) The rear sight of a firearm.

• foresight

• sight