retrospect meaning

• Noun: retrospect  'retru`spekt
  1. Contemplation of things past
     "in retrospect"
  Verb: retrospect  'retru`spekt
  1. Look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
     - review, look back

  Derived forms: retrospects, retrospected, retrospecting

  See also: retrospection, retrospective

  Type of: contemplation, musing, reflection, reflexion [Brit], remember, rumination, think back, thoughtfulness

  Encyclopedia: Retrospect

• In retrospect it was a nightmare.
• In retrospect it may seem odd.
• It is pleasant in the retrospect.
• It is pleasant in retrospect.
• In retrospect all successful policies seem preordained.
• It was odd that in retrospect they both seemed equally dreary.
• In retrospect we may recognize the danger that lay in a too inflexible perfection of poise.
• The victory of the royal air force on september 15 is seen now in retrospect to have marked its decisive turningpoint.
• Only in retrospect do i realize that stripping bormann and lammers of power would hardly have changed the course of events.
• The latter's yearning to expiate a guilt that was in retrospect vastly exaggerated or nonexistent prolonged the war.

• "retrospect" meaning in Chinese: n. 1.回顾 (opp. prospect)。2.怀旧，追忆。3.追溯力。4.对证，参照。 短语和例子 It ...
• "retrospect" meaning in Japanese: retrospect n. 回顧, 回想, 追懐. 【形容詞 名詞＋】 ◆a brief historical re...
• "retrospect" meaning in Korean: noun, vt, vi, 회고, 추억, 회구, 선례의 참고, 회고(추억)하다, 회상에 잠기다, 소급하여 ...
• "retrospect" meaning in Russian: 1) взгляд назад, в прошлое; обращение к прошлому Ex: in (t...
• "retrospect" meaning in Arabic: n. نظرة للماضي, استذكار, إستعادة الأحداث الماضية
• "retrospect" meaning in French: n. rétrospection v. rétrospecter, avoir un regard sur l...