hindsight
noun
hind·sight
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Definition of hindsight
: perception of the nature of an event after it has happened
In hindsight, it's clear there were alternatives. Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Examples of hindsight in a Sentence
It's easy for us to say that the war was wrong, but we have the advantage of hindsight.
Recent Examples on the Web
In hindsight, Morton was at the middle of a conga line of pitchers invigorated under GM Jeff Luhnow’s army of analysts – from Collin McHugh to Brad Peacock, to bona fide aces like Gerrit Cole and Verlander who only got better in Space City. — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, "Rays All-Star Charlie Morton, peaking at 35, has no regrets about long road to stardom," 27 Aug. 2019 In hindsight, shopping for those interviews was easy. — Lindsay Schallon, Glamour, "The Fashion Industry Has a Plus-Size Problem. These Women Want to Fix It," 26 Aug. 2019 What once seemed to be a misguided jock-joke now appears, in hindsight, as a warning to us all. — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, "The Beltway Book of the Damned," 19 Aug. 2019 That there was a scandal like this seems, in hindsight, to have been inevitable. — Julian Wheatland For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, "I was a top executive at Cambridge Analytica. It taught me a tough lesson about public trust," 19 Aug. 2019 In hindsight, the Nintendo 64 was a pretty weird system. — Sam Byford, The Verge, "This expensive adapter makes the Nintendo 64 look good on modern TVs," 7 Aug. 2019 No matter the hindsight that came later, the official scorer at Wrigley Field that day did not hesitate in the moment, scoring it a hit. — Michael Beller, SI.com, "Kerry Wood's 20-Strikeout Outing is the Greatest Pitching Performance Ever ... And I Missed It," 4 May 2018 In fact, in order to pay for his pricy soundtrack, Berlanti had the hindsight to wrap shooting two days early. — Rob Ledonne, Billboard, "'Love, Simon' Music, From Deep Cuts to Surprise Global Hits," 16 Mar. 2018 With the benefit of hindsight, Pennebaker captured several other moments that augured the second half of Dylan’s legendary 1965. — Eric Harvey, Los Angeles Times, "Remember rock stars? With Bob Dylan and ‘Dont Look Back,’ D.A. Pennebaker invented the ideal," 4 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hindsight.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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hindsight
noun
English Language Learners Definition of hindsight
: the knowledge and understanding that you have about an event only after it has happened
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hindsight
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hind·sight
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Kids Definition of hindsight
: understanding of something only after it has happened
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