Meaning of hindsight in English
(Definition of hindsight from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
hindsight | Intermediate English
the ability to understand, after something has happened, why or how it was done and how it might have been done better:
Examples of hindsight
hindsight
But some who knew them well say that in hindsight, warning signs were there.
From CBS News
In hindsight, the idea of developing reproductive technology to help infertile couples seems like a no-brainer.
From Fast Company
In hindsight, he said, he regrets that he didn't stop the pat down.
From CNN
Whenever the decade began, we can now see in hindsight that a few things were highly overrated.
From Huffington Post
In hindsight, the moves require a big fix.
From Los Angeles Times
Anticipating an anniversary event can be as good as 20/20 hindsight, maybe better.
From Huffington Post
And it turned out to be much more important in hindsight than it was viewed at the time.
From NPR
It is virtually impossible to unravel except by hindsight.
From Wired
Expressions of pain turned into ironic proof of hindsight.
From Huffington Post
A revolution or innovation can only be called in hindsight.
From Huffington Post
It's a problem that by definition emerges in hindsight.
From Slate Magazine
I hope in hindsight, the first season will play like a prologue: a massive dose of scene-setting for the real story, whatever that may be.
From The Verge
There was "hindsight bias" -- which he thought of as the tendency for people to look at some outcome and assume it was predictable all along.
From Slate Magazine
In hindsight, maybe it we had a certain manager that kept us away from that, or all the if's that come into play.
From Los Angeles Times
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geriye bakarak değerlendirme, sonradan farkedip anlama, sonradan farketme…
discernement [masculine] rétrospectif, recul…
後知恵（あとぢえ）…
wijsheid achteraf…
dodatečná moudrost…
bagklogskab, set i bakspejlet…
renungan…
ความเข้าใจในเหตุการณ์ที่เกิดขึ้น…
sự nhận thức sau…
wiedza po fakcie, spóźniona nauka, ‘mądrość po szkodzie‘…
efterklokhet…
pengalaman yg lalu…
späte Einsicht…
etterpåklokskap [masculine], etterpåklokskap…
розмірковування заднім числом…
суждение задним числом…
