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retrospect

retrospect
Noun

This term describes the mental process of reviewing past experiences with the benefit of current knowledge. It carries a strong connotation of hindsight, often appearing in contexts where a person recognizes a mistake or a missed opportunity that was not apparent at the time the event occurred.

Grammatically, this noun is almost exclusively used within the fixed prepositional phrase "in retrospect." It is treated as an uncountable mass noun in this specific idiomatic construction, meaning it does not take a plural form or an indefinite article in standard usage.

Meanings

Nounretrospect

The action of looking back on or reviewing past events or situations.

In retrospect, I should have taken the job offer.

Examples

In retrospect, I should have taken the job offer.

振り返ってみれば、あの仕事のオファーを受けるべきだった。

The decision seems foolish in retrospect.

今にして思えば、その決定は愚かだった。

In retrospect, the signs of the economic crash were obvious.

振り返ってみると、経済崩壊の兆候は明らかだった。

Business

I realize now, in retrospect, that she was trying to help me.

今振り返れば、彼女は私を助けようとしてくれていたのだとわかる。

Romance

Looking back in retrospect, the war changed everything.

回想してみれば、その戦争がすべてを変えた。

History

In retrospect, we probably overreacted to the news.

今にして考えれば、私たちはそのニュースに過剰反応したのだろう。

It was a mistake, in retrospect, to trust him so blindly.

振り返ってみれば、彼を盲信したのは間違いだった。

Detective

In retrospect, the project failed because of poor communication.

振り返ってみると、そのプロジェクトはコミュニケーション不足で失敗した。

Office

I can see in retrospect where I went wrong with the calculations.

今振り返れば、計算のどこで間違えたのかがわかる。

School Life

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