Definitions for Hindsight
ˈhaɪndˌsaɪthind·sight

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1. hindsightnoun

   understanding the nature of an event after it has happened

   "hindsight is always better than foresight"

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1. hindsightnoun

   Realisation or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred

   When you read "Seven Little Rabbits" at age 6 and read it again 15 years later, the hindsight you've developed in the time between will make you look at and think of the book much differently than you did the first time!

2. hindsightnoun

   The rear sight of a firearm

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1. hindsight

   Hindsight bias, also known as the knew-it-all-along phenomenon or creeping determinism, is the common tendency for people to perceive past events as having been more predictable than they actually were. People often believe that after an event has occurred, they would have predicted or perhaps even would have known with a high degree of certainty what the outcome of the event would have been before the event occurred. Hindsight bias may cause distortions of memories of what was known or believed before an event occurred, and is a significant source of overconfidence regarding an individual's ability to predict the outcomes of future events. Examples of hindsight bias can be seen in the writings of historians describing outcomes of battles, physicians recalling clinical trials, and in judicial systems as individuals attribute responsibility on the basis of the supposed predictability of accidents.In some countries, 20/20 indicates normal visual acuity at 20 feet, from which derives the idiom "hindsight is 20/20".

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1. hindsight

   Hindsight refers to the understanding or realization of an event or situation after it has happened or developed. It's often referred to as the ability to understand, from a later perspective, an earlier occurrence or situation, typically with the realization that one could have handled it better with the knowledge that is now available.

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1. Hindsight

   Hindsight is the second album by rapper John Reuben, released on May 21, 2002.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hindsight in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hindsight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Hindsight in a Sentence

1. Lewis Hamilton:

   But we did what we had to do and I guess we went into the testing with a goal of achieving 800 km a day, we didn’t actually think we were going to do it so perhaps in hindsight we would have shifted our running. But at the end of the day, it suited us perfectly.

2. Joshua Levy:

   What they did do is they contracted withChristopher Steele. … This experienced British intelligence official came back with a report. That now in hindsight looks quite accurate.

3. Jerome Powell:

   In hindsight, it would have been better to raise rates earlier.

4. Eric Poppleton:

   In hindsight, it was just so provocative. You're taking the perspective of someone who is about to be killed essentially. Not that they were going to do that to me, we don't even print that stuff in newspapers. Even at CNN, would you print an image like that?

5. Adam Schiff:

   There are things that may have alerted law enforcement to an issue with Farook, but I don’t know that we know enough to say that these were apparent without the advantage of hindsight.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Hindsight
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hindsight
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindsight
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Hindsight