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noun [ U ] us / ˈhɑɪndˌsɑɪt / Add to word list. the ability to understand, after something has happened, why or how it was done and how it might have been done better: They are ideas that, in hindsight, often seem hair-brained. (Definition of hindsight from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of HINDSIGHT is perception of the nature of an event after it has happened. How to use hindsight in a sentence.
hindsight. noun [ U ] us / ˈhɑɪndˌsɑɪt /. Add to word list. Add to word list. the ability to understand, after something has happened, why or how it was done and how it might have been done better: They are ideas that, in hindsight, often seem hair-brained.
Hindsight often refers to a lesson learned from something going wrong. Billy Wilder, the American movie director, once commented wistfully, “Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.” It's much easier to see clearly after something happened than before. Definitions of hindsight. noun. understanding the nature of an event after it has happened.
Hindsight definition: recognition of the realities, possibilities, or requirements of a situation, event, decision etc., after its occurrence.. See examples of HINDSIGHT used in a sentence.
4 days ago · (haɪndsaɪt ) uncountable noun. Hindsight is the ability to understand and realize something about an event after it has happened, although you did not understand or realize it at the time. With hindsight, we'd all do things differently. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
noun [ U ] uk / ˈhaɪndsaɪt / us. Add to word list. the ability to understand an event or situation only after it has happened: With hindsight, I should have taken the job. (Definition of hindsight from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of hindsight. in Chinese (Traditional) 後見之明，事後孔明… See more.
