in hindsight

English

Phrase

in hindsight

1. Denoting coming to an understanding of the full nature of an event after it has already occurred.

   Synonym: in retrospect

   In hindsight, I should have quit that job sooner.

Related terms

• hindsight is 20/20
• twenty-twenty hindsight

Translations

the phrase "in hindsight"

• Czech: s odstupem, z retrospektivy, s časovým odstupem
• Dutch: achteraf gezien
• Finnish: jälkikäteen ajateltuna
• French: avec le recul, rétrospectivement (fr)
• German: im Nachhinein (de)
• Hebrew: בְּדִיעֲבַד (he) (bedi'avád)
• Hungarian: visszatekintve, utólag (hu)
• Portuguese: em retrospecto
• Russian: ретроспективно (ru) (retrospektivno)
• Spanish: en retrospectiva, en perspectiva, "a posteriori", a toro pasado
• Swedish: i efterhand (sv)