retrospect
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trəˌspɛkt noun
1.
contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
verb (used without object)
2.
to look back in thought; refer back (often followed by to ): to retrospect to a period in one's youth.
verb (used with object)
Idioms 3.
to look back upon; contemplate retrospectively.
4.
in retrospect, in looking back on past events; upon reflection: It was, in retrospect, the happiest day of her life.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act of surveying things past (often in the phrase in retrospect) |
| —vb (often foll by to) | |
| 2. | to contemplate (anything past); look back on (something) |
| 3. | to refer |
| [C17: from Latin retrōspicere to look back, from | |
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Word Origin & History
retrospect
c.1600, from L. retrospectum, pp. of retrospicere "look back," from retro- "back" + specere "look at" (see scope (1)). Retrospective (adj.) is attested from 1660s; as a noun, it is recorded from 1964, short for retrospective exhibition (1919), etc.
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Example sentences
In retrospect, maybe the dearth of scientific references in this article should have hinted as to its status.
In retrospect, your appeal to emotion was also shameless.
In retrospect, the real question isn't why lobotomy died, but why it survived for so long.
It sounds obvious in retrospect, but at the time, that was an original idea.
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