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hindsight
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As a noun, hindsight means realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
Meanings of hindsight
2 meaningsnoun
Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
“You know what they say, hindsight is twenty-twenty.”
Older and rare meanings (1)
rareThe rear sight of a firearm.
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