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in retrospect

in retrospect prepositional phrase: when looked back upon as a past event; as can be seen now, but not at the time.

Prepositional phrase

  1. When looked back upon as a past event; as can be seen now, but not at the time.
    • Near-synonym: retrospectively
    • Trying to expand the business into the Middle East was doomed to failure. In retrospect, we shouldn't have bothered.

in retrospect meaning in Kannada and Arabic

in retrospect in Kannada

ಸಿಂಹಾವಲೋಕನ ಮಾಡಿದಾಗ

in retrospect in Arabic

as can be seen now but was not seen at the outset
فِي وَقْت لَاحِق fī waqt lāḥiq

Synonyms of in retrospect

Questions about in retrospect

What does in retrospect mean?
In retrospect means when looked back upon as a past event; as can be seen now, but not at the time.
What is in retrospect in Kannada?
In retrospect in Kannada is ಸಿಂಹಾವಲೋಕನ ಮಾಡಿದಾಗ. See In retrospect meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is in retrospect?
In retrospect is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in retrospect in the dictionary

  1. in rem
  2. in reserve
  3. in respect
  4. in respect of
  5. in retreat
  6. in retrospect
  7. in return
  8. in reverse
  9. in right of
  10. in rilievo
  11. in Roblox

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