hindsight
pronunciation
How to pronounce hindsight in British English:
UK [ˈhaɪndsaɪt]
How to pronounce hindsight in American English:
US [ˈhaɪndsaɪt]
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- Noun:
- understanding the nature of an event after it has happened
Word Origin
- hindsight (n.)
- by 1841, "backsight of a firearm," from hind (adj.) + sight. Meaning "seeing what has happened" is attested by 1862, American English, (in proverbial "If our foresight was as good as our hindsight, it would be an easy matter to get rich"), probably a formation on the model of foresight.
Antonym
Example
- 1. But hindsight is different from foresight .
- 2. We are all products of our time and we only have hindsight .
- 3. No. 2 the future is not the past , and hindsight is not foresight .
- 4. Not only would the banks have acted differently with hindsight , but the treasury would want them to , in the interests of higher revenue and more price transparency .