hindsight
hind·sight
noun
1.
understanding the nature of an event after it has happened
- “hindsight is always better than foresight”
Origin
From hind + sight, 19th c. Compare Latinate retrospect.
Phrases
- hindsight is 20/20
- in hindsight
- twenty-twenty hindsight
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