Definitions for retrospect
ˈrɛ trəˌspɛktret·ro·spect

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. retrospectverb

   contemplation of things past

   "in retrospect"

2. review, look back, retrospectverb

   look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember

   "she reviewed her achievements with pride"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. retrospectnoun

   consideration of past times

2. retrospectverb

   To look or refer back to; to reflect on

3. Etymology: retrospectum, from retrospicio.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RETROSPECTnoun

   Look thrown upon things behind or things past.

   Etymology: retro and specio, Lat.

   As you arraign his majesty by retrospect, so you condemn his government by second sight. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 9.

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1. retrospect

   Retrospect is the act or process of thinking back or looking back on past events, situations or decisions. It involves reviewing and contemplating past actions, experiences, or decisions to gain a better understanding, learn lessons, or remember specific details.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Retrospectverb

   to look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past

2. Retrospectnoun

   a looking back on things past; view or contemplation of the past

3. Etymology: [L. retrospicere; retro back + specere, spectum, to look. See Spy, and cf. Expect.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Retrospect

   ret′rō-spekt, or rē′-, n. a looking back: a contemplation of the past: the past.—n. Retrospec′tion, the act or faculty of looking back on the past.—adj. Retrospec′tive.—adv. Retrospec′tively. [L. retrospectus, pa.p. of retrospicĕre—retro, back, specĕre, to look.]

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How to pronounce retrospect?

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How to say retrospect in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of retrospect in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of retrospect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of retrospect in a Sentence

1. Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley:

   While this organization did successfully vaccinate some 6,900 people, in retrospect it was a mistake for the Department of Public Health to ask the organization to operate these clinics. As the person in charge of the Department of Public Health, I bear the ultimate responsibility for that mistake.

2. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   One must judiciously retrospect not just his actions but also reactions of the other in order to arrive at a sensible conclusion. The primary fallacy is that you're assuming that the other is functioning out of awareness - which is falsity and this further aggrevates the mental agony, driving you farther from reality. Watch on!

3. Douglas MacArthur:

   Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear -­ kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor ­- with the cry of grave national emergency. Always, there has been some terrible evil at home, or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant sums demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real.

4. Jen Jordan:

   I was kind of like, this can't be serious, because everything they're saying is so ridiculous, now, in retrospect, we really did dodge a bullet in terms of our democracy, because these folks were not playing.

5. John Kelly:

   In retrospect, I wish I had been here from day one, i think in some cases, in terms of staffing or serving the President, that first six months was pretty chaotic and there were people some people hired that maybe shouldn't have hired some people.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=retrospect
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Retrospect
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=retrospect
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retrospect
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=retrospect
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=retrospect