n.

A review, survey, or contemplation of things in the past.

v., -spect·ed, -spect·ing, -spects.

v.intr.

1. To contemplate the past.
2. To refer back.

v.tr.

To look back on or contemplate (things past).

idiom:

in retrospect

1. Looking backward or reviewing the past.

[From Latin *retrōspectus, past participle of retrōspicere, to look back at : retrō-, retro- + specere, to look at.]

retrospection ret'ro·spec'tion n.

n

Definition: afterthought
Antonyms: forethought, prophesy, prospect

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IN BRIEF: The act of looking back on or thinking about the past.

In retrospect, I have decided that you were right.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - tilbageblik
v. intr. - se tilbage
v. tr. - se tilbage på

idioms:

• in retrospect    når man ser tilbage, i bakspejlet

Nederlands (Dutch)
terugblik

Français (French)
n. - rétrospective, retour sur le passé
v. intr. - reconsidérer le passé, renvoyer au passé
v. tr. - revenir en arrière/sur le passé

idioms:

• in retrospect    après coup, rétrospectivement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rückblick
v. - zurückblicken

idioms:

• in retrospect    im nachhinein

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανασκόπηση, αναδρομική εξέταση

idioms:

• in retrospect    εκ των υστέρων, σε ανασκόπηση, όταν το σκέφτομαι

Italiano (Italian)
retrospettiva

idioms:

• in retrospect    in retrospettiva

Português (Portuguese)
n. - retrospecto (m)

idioms:

• in retrospect    em retrospecto

Русский (Russian)
взгляд в прошлое

idioms:

• in retrospect    вспоминая прошлое

Español (Spanish)
n. - retrospección, examen retrospectivo
v. intr. - rememorar, retrospectar
v. tr. - pensar en, reflexionar sobre

idioms:

• in retrospect    retrospectivamente, en retrospectiva

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tillbakablick

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
回顾, 回想, 追溯, 追忆

idioms:

• in retrospect    回想起来, 事后想想

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 回顧, 回想, 追溯
v. intr. - 回顧, 回想, 追溯
v. tr. - 回顧, 追憶

idioms:

• in retrospect    回想起來, 事後想想

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 회고, 추억, 선례의 참고
v. intr. - 회고하다, 회상에 잠기다, 소급하여 대조해 보다
v. tr. - 추억하다, 회상에 잠기다

idioms:

• in retrospect    되돌아보면, 회고해 보니

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 回顧, 追想, 回想, 思い出

idioms:

• in retrospect    振り返ってみると

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إستعادة الأحداث الماضيه و التفكر فيها‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סקירת העבר, התבוננות בעבר‬
v. intr. - ‮הרהר במה שהיה‬
v. tr. - ‮הרהר שוב ב-‬

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