retrospect
Syllables: ret·ro·spectUK/ˈɹɛtɹəˌspɛkt/
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Australia/ˈɹetɹəˌspekt/
retrospect noun: consideration of past times.
Noun
retrospect (plural retrospects)
- Consideration of past times.
- My mind, calmer and stronger now than last night, made for itself some imperious rules, prohibiting under deadly penalties all weak retrospect of happiness past; commanding a patient journeying through the wilderness of the present...1853, Charlotte Bronte, Villette
- Whether, like Colin, in retrospect Willie Lee and Baptist would feel that what has vanished was greater than what was achieved, is not something we can predict.1976, Terry Kay, The Year the Lights Came On, University of Georgia Press, published 1989, →ISBN, page 298
- Antonyms:
- prospect
Verb
retrospect (third-person singular simple present retrospects, present participle retrospecting, simple past and past participle retrospected)
- To look or refer back to; to reflect on.
- To give a correct idea of the circumstances which have gradually produced this conviction, it may be useful to retrospect to an early period.1800 October 24, Alexander Hamilton, “Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq. President of the United States”, in Harold C. Syrett, editor, The...
retrospect meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
retrospect in Hindi
- consideration of past times
- सिंहावलोकन sĩhāvlokan
retrospect in Tamil
- கடந்தகாலம் நினைவுகூர், பின்னோக்கிப் பார்
retrospect in Urdu
- گذشتہ وقت, ماضی پر نظر, یاد ماضی
retrospect in Bengali
- অতীত পর্যালোচনা, অতীতচারণ, ফিরে দেখা
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- retrospect in Malayalam
- പശ്ചാത് വീക്ഷണം, ഭൂതകാലാവലോകനം, പിന്തിരിഞ്ഞുനോട്ടം
- retrospect in Kannada
- ಪೂರ್ವದೃಷ್ಟಿ, ಹಿನ್ನೋಟ, ಹಿಂದಿನ ಘಟನೆಗಳ ನೆನಪು, ಸಿಂಹಾವಲೋಕನ
Examples of retrospect in a sentence
- In retrospect, the process of economic globalization has meant the end of the world as we knew it.
- Trying to expand the business into the Middle East was doomed to failure. In retrospect, we shouldn't have bothered.
- In retrospect, maybe it'd've been better not to reply at all; maybe I'd've been better off just keeping my mouth shut.
Antonyms of retrospect
Forms of retrospect
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | retrospects |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | retrospects |
| present participle | retrospecting |
| past participle | retrospected |
| past | retrospected |
Origin of retrospect
Borrowed from Latin retrōspectum, from retrōspicio (“to look back at”), equivalent to retro- + -spect. Compare review.
Words formed from retrospect
Questions about retrospect
- What does retrospect mean?
- Retrospect means consideration of past times.
- What is retrospect in Hindi?
- Retrospect in Hindi is सिंहावलोकन (sĩhāvlokan). See Retrospect meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is retrospect?
- Retrospect can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce retrospect?
- Retrospect is pronounced /ˈɹɛtɹəˌspɛkt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of retrospect?
- The plural of retrospect is retrospects.
Words near retrospect in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: retrospect (page history and authors); retrospect (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); retrospect (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); retrospect (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); retrospect (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); retrospect (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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