hindsight

From hind +‎ sight. Etymologically almost the exact Germanic equivalent to the Latin-derived retro (back) + spect (look).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪndsaɪt/

hindsight (countable and uncountable, plural hindsights)

1. Realisation or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred
   • When you read "Seven Little Rabbits" at age 6 and read it again 15 years later, the hindsight you've developed in the time between will make you look at and think of the book very differently!
   • In hindsight, I should have quit that job sooner.
2. (rare) The rear sight of a firearm

• foresight

• sight

• hindsightly
• twenty-twenty hindsight

• hindlook
• retrospect