Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A review or contemplation of things in the past.
- intransitive verb To think about the past.
- intransitive verb To look back on or think about (things past).
- idiom (in retrospect) In looking back on or reviewing the past.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of looking backward; contemplation or consideration of the past; hence, a review or survey of past events.
- noun Hence That to which one looks back; the past; a past event or consideration.
- To look back upon; consider retrospectively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past.
- noun A looking back on things past; view or contemplation of the past.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
consideration of past times - verb To look or refer back to; to reflect on
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
- noun contemplation of things past
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Mr. BIANCULLI: Everything that he did, I think, in retrospect, is so incredibly noble, but you know, it was against the mainstream then.
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Mr. BIANCULLI: Everything that he did, I think, in retrospect, is so incredibly noble, but you know, it was against the mainstream then.
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The amazing thing in retrospect is that he and all his siblings survived their maternity ward moments given that they must've been born like little lambs in a field for that price.
Technocrats and Populists, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Mr. BIANCULLI: Everything that he did, I think, in retrospect, is so incredibly noble, but you know, it was against the mainstream then.
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Mr. BIANCULLI: Everything that he did, I think, in retrospect, is so incredibly noble, but you know, it was against the mainstream then.
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Only in retrospect is he a 'predictable' threat - there are millions of similar people and they are harmless.
Mental Health Institutions and Prisons, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Mr. BIANCULLI: Everything that he did, I think, in retrospect, is so incredibly noble, but you know, it was against the mainstream then.
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Mr. BIANCULLI: Everything that he did, I think, in retrospect, is so incredibly noble, but you know, it was against the mainstream then.
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In July 1965 the monarchy called for Papandreou's dismissal, causing widespread political chaos; a situation which paved the way to the colonels 'dictatorship (1967 – 74), an event which in retrospect is regarded by many Greeks as the last incarnation of the post – Civil War regime.
Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008
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(The only thing I can figure, in retrospect, is that since my choices were upgrading from GoLive 6.0, GoLive CS, or GoLive CS2, the fact that I have CS2 Premium was the issue).
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