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Hindsight

//ˈhaɪn(d)saɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred. countable, uncountable

    "You know what they say, hindsight is twenty-twenty."

  2. 2
    understanding the nature of an event after it has happened wordnet
  3. 3
    The rear sight of a firearm. countable, rare, uncountable

    "Holonym: iron sights"

Etymology

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

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