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. Lissa Muscatine:

   In hindsight, I am kind of shocked that we did it, and we did it the way we did it, the speech just elevated her stature as a voice for women in a way no one predicted. We had no idea it was going to become this enormous thing and that she was going to become iconic.

2. My self:

   Just found my account after 2 years, what little impact I have made. In hindsight I didn’t do much to push for change... but then again what did you do?

3. Stephen Curry:

   Everybody has great 20/20 hindsight.

4. Jes Staley:

   I thought I knew him well, and I didn't. I'm sure with hindsight of what we all know now, I deeply regret having had any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

5. Marco Rubio:

   Eric Holder was in Paris, and maybe John Kerry should have gone, or somebody else, there's a plethora of people they could have sent. I think in hindsight I hope that they would have done it differently.

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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
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hindsight
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=hindsight