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[ re-truh-spekt ] / ˈrɛ trəˌspɛkt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR retrospect ON THESAURUS.COM
nouncontemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc. verb (used without object)to look back in thought; refer back (often followed by to): to retrospect to a period in one's youth. verb (used with object)to look back upon; contemplate retrospectively. Idioms for retrospectin retrospect, in looking back on past events; upon reflection: It was, in retrospect, the happiest day of her life.
Origin of retrospect1595–1605; probably retro- + (pro)spect Words nearby retrospectretrorocket, retrorse, retroserrate, retroserrulate, retrosexual, retrospect, retrospection, retrospective, retrospective falsification, retrospectively, retrospondylolisthesis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for retrospectTo say this is not to ignore its radical character, especially in retrospect. How Havel Inspired the Velvet Revolution|Michael Zantovsky|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST “In retrospect, I think we were both surprised,” recalled Singh. As 30-Year Anniversary of Mass Killings in India Arrives, Sikhs Find Safety in USA|Simran Jeet Singh|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST In retrospect, 2009 and 2010 were halcyon days in the Middle East, now that we seem just one horseman short of an apocalypse. The Myth of the Central Park Five|Edward Conlon|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST “Only in retrospect did we appreciate our good fortune in being part of a utopian experiment in American journalism,” she writes. Gail Sheehy Books Passage to the Past|Lizzie Crocker|September 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He struck many people there, at the time, not in retrospect, as arrogant and cold. When I Met Robin Williams in Afghanistan|Matthew Kaminski|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST But now, as we view the present and retrospect the past, who may say that all has not turned out for the best? Reminiscences of a Rebel|Wayland Fuller Dunaway During a week unmeasurably long in retrospect, all six of the party had found the ease and sureness of physical acclimation. West Of The Sun|Edgar Pangborn One could never hope when night came to glance back over the day and see in retrospect a finished piece of work. The Wall Between|Sara Ware Bassett There can be no harm in these confessions to-day, for we have grown far enough beyond that period to laugh at it in retrospect. I had turned away from the retrospect, when an exclamation from Slingsby called me to look once more. Adventures on the Roof of the World|Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond
British Dictionary definitions for retrospect
nounthe act of surveying things past (often in the phrase in retrospect) verb archaicto contemplate (anything past); look back on (something) (intr often foll by to) to refer Word Origin for retrospectC17: from Latin retrōspicere to look back, from retro- + specere to look Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to retrospecthindsight, remembering, review, reminiscence, recollection, survey, remembrance, revision, reconsideration, reexamination, retrospection |