Definitions for hindsight

hindsight hind·sight

Spelling: [hahynd-sahyt]
IPA: /ˈhaɪndˌsaɪt/

Hindsight is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 177 anagrams from letters in hindsight (dghhiinst).

Definitions for hindsight

noun

  1. recognition of the realities, possibilities, or requirements of a situation, event, decision etc., after its occurrence.

Origin of hindsight

First recorded in 1850-55; hind1 + sight

Examples for hindsight

Down here a man could line the notch of his hindsight with the bead.

But in hindsight, they were just part of the journey to get me to where I stand today.

His position is that he knows the truth because he was there and that the SSCI wrote the report with 20/20 hindsight.

The anti-Monty school say they do not have them, or are interpreting them with hindsight.

In hindsight, it is one of the more cringe-inducing campaign promises Barack Obama ever made.

hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy.

How could she, inexpert, foresee what was mockingly obvious to hindsight?

Mr. Masterson notched up his hindsight for seven hundred yards.

In hindsight, however, he feels that the suspension has “had a positive impact on the fraternal community.”

In hindsight, maybe I should have unlocked my phone for them.

Word Value for hindsight
Scrable

17

Words with friends

17

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