[re-truh-spekt] 
| 1. | contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc. |
| 2. | to look back in thought; refer back (often fol. by to): to retrospect to a period in one's youth. |
| 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. |
| ret·ro·spect (rět'rə-spěkt') n. A review, survey, or contemplation of things in the past. v. ret·ro·spect·ed, ret·ro·spect·ing, ret·ro·spects v. intr.
To look back on or contemplate (things past). [From Latin *retrōspectus, past participle of retrōspicere, to look back at : retrō-, retro- + specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European roots.] ret'ro·spec'tion n. |
trəˌspɛkt