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Dictionary: hind·sight   (hīnd'sīt') pronunciation
n.
  1. Perception of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
  2. The rear sight of a firearm.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: understanding the nature of an event after it has happened


Translations: Hindsight
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bagklogskab

Nederlands (Dutch)
wijsheid achteraf, achterste richtmiddel van vizier

Français (French)
n. - recul

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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