retrospect
pronunciation
How to pronounce retrospect in British English:
UK [ˈretrəspekt]
How to pronounce retrospect in American English:
US [ˈretrəspekt]
-
- Noun:
- contemplation of things past
-
- Verb:
- look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events, etc.); remember
Word Origin
- retrospect (n.)
- c. 1600, "a regard or reference" (to something), from Latin retrospectum, past participle of retrospicere "look back," from retro- "back" (see retro-) + specere "look at" (see scope (n.1)). Meaning "survey of past events" is from 1660s.
Antonym
Example
- 1. In retrospect this faith may have been misguided .
- 2. In retrospect , not such a good idea .
- 3. In retrospect , democrats were too optimistic .
- 4. In retrospect it was a nightmare .
- 5. In retrospect , the west failed to prepare for the soviet collapse .