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hindsight.

Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhaɪn(d)saɪt/
  1. Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.

    countable · uncountable
    You know what they say, hindsight is twenty-twenty.
    In hindsight, I realize that I should have studied harder for the exam.
  2. The rear sight of a firearm.

    countable · rare · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From hind + sight, 19th c. Compare Latinate retrospect.

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