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HINDSIGHT

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• HINDSIGHT (noun)
The noun HINDSIGHT has 1 sense:

1. understanding the nature of an event after it has happened

Familiarity information: HINDSIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

• HINDSIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Understanding the nature of an event after it has happened

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

hindsight is always better than foresight

Hypernyms ("hindsight" is a kind of...):

apprehension; discernment; savvy; understanding (the cognitive condition of someone who understands)

"A chain is no stronger than its weakest link."
(English proverb)
"In my homeland I possess one hundred horses, yet if I go, I go on foot."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"At the narrow passage there is no brother and no friend."
(Arabic proverb)
"They who are born of chickens scratch the earth."
(Corsican proverb)

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