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Synonyms for hindsight

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hahynd-sahyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhaɪndˌsaɪt

Définition of hindsight

Origin :
  • by 1841, "backsight of a firearm," from hind (adj.) + sight. Meaning "seeing what has happened" is attested by 1862, American English, (in proverbial "If our foresight was as good as our hindsight, it would be an easy matter to get rich"), probably a formation on the model of foresight.
  • noun retrospect
Example sentences :
  • Down here a man could line the notch of his hindsight with the bead.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • How could she, inexpert, foresee what was mockingly obvious to hindsight?
  • Extract from : « The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig » by David Graham Phillips
  • Mr. Masterson notched up his hindsight for seven hundred yards.
  • Extract from : « The Sunset Trail » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • In hindsight, maybe I should have unlocked my phone for them.
  • Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow
  • Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy.
  • Extract from : « Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 » by Various
  • This was so much of the "I-told-you-so" order that I had a good laugh at him for his "hindsight."
  • Extract from : « The Bright Side of Prison Life » by Samuel A. Swiggett
  • It's hard to draw down inter a hindsight in the dark, an' I jest chanced hit with the pistol.
  • Extract from : « The Covered Wagon » by Emerson Hough
  • In hindsight we should have asked a lot of questions about him.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Well, said McRae, if everybodys foresight in baseball was as good as his hindsight, thered be no trading done.
  • Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Home Run King » by Lester Chadwick
  • The people who recreate the past with the advantage of hindsight will tell that they never worried a minute.
  • Extract from : « Paris Vistas » by Helen Davenport Gibbons

Antonyms for hindsight

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