- Perception of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
- The rear sight of a firearm.
Dictionary:
hind·sight (hīnd'sīt') ![]() |
| WordNet: hindsight |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
understanding the nature of an event after it has happened
| Translations: Hindsight |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - bagklogskab
Nederlands (Dutch)
wijsheid achteraf, achterste richtmiddel van vizier
Deutsch (German)
n. - zu späte Einsicht
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στερνή γνώση, (αποκτηθείσα) πείρα
Italiano (Italian)
senno del poi
Português (Portuguese)
n. - retrospecto (m)
Русский (Russian)
непредусмотри- тельность
Español (Spanish)
n. - percepción retrospectiva
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - efterklokhet, sikte (på gevär)
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
事后的认识, 后见之明, 事后聪明, 照门
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 事後的認識, 後見之明, 事後聰明, 照門
한국어 (Korean)
n. - (총의) 가늠자, 나중에 생각나는 묘안, 뒷궁리
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 後部照尺, あと知恵
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) الادراك المؤخر, ادراك طبيعه الحادثه بعد وقوعها
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - חכמה שלאחר מעשה, ראייה לאחור, כוונת אחורית
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| foresight | |
| forethought | |
| twenty-twenty hindsight (Idiom) |
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