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  1. (haɪndsaɪt ) uncountable noun [oft with/in N] Hindsight is the ability to understand and realize something about an event after it has happened, although you did not understand or realize it at the time. [...] See full entry for 'hindsight' Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. COBUILD Collocations.

  2. the ability to understand, after something has happened, why or how it was done and how it might have been done better: They are ideas that, in hindsight, often seem hair-brained. (Definition of hindsight from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of hindsight.

  3. • Neither player took it seriously but, with the benefit of hindsight, both admitted that the offer was probably serious. • If I should wander into the uncharted minefield of personal opinion it is only with the benefit of hindsight .

  4. the ability to understand, after something has happened, why or how it was done and how it might have been done better: They are ideas that, in hindsight, often seem hair-brained. (Definition of hindsight from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of hindsight. hindsight.

  5. The meaning of HINDSIGHT is perception of the nature of an event after it has happened. How to use hindsight in a sentence.

  6. Hindsight is the ability to understand and realize something about an event after it has happened, although you did not understand or realize it at the time. With hindsight, we'd all do things differently. Even with the benefit of hindsight, I doubt I would change anything if I had my time again.

  7. Hindsight is the ability to understand and realize something about an event after it has happened, although you did not understand or realize it at the time. [...] More. Synonyms of 'hindsight' • retrospect, review, afterthought, re-examination [...] More. Examples of 'hindsight' in a sentence.