retrospect

retrospect
1. noun /ˈrɛtroˌspɛkt/
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...

2. verb /ˈrɛtroˌspɛkt/
To look or refer back to; to reflect on

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  • retrospect — ► NOUN ▪ a survey or review of a past course of events or period of time. ● in retrospect Cf. ↑in retrospect DERIVATIVES retrospection noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Retrospect — Re tro*spect, v. i. [L. retrospicere; retro back + specere, spectum, to look. See {Spy}, and cf. {Expect}.] To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past. [1913 Webster] It may be useful to retrospect to an early period. A. Hamilton …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Retrospect — Re tro*spect, n. A looking back on things past; view or contemplation of the past. Cowper. [1913 Webster] We may introduce a song without retrospect to the old comedy. Landor. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • retrospect — [re′trə spekt΄] n. [< L retrospectus, pp. of retrospicere, to look back < retro , back + specere, to look: see SPY] a looking back on or thinking about things past; contemplation or survey of the past vi. Rare to look back in thought or… …   English World dictionary

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  • retrospect — I noun afterthought, contemplation of the past, hindsight, looking back, memory, recall, recapitulation, recollection, reconsideration, reexamination, remembrance, rememoration, reminiscence, respectus, retentive memory, review, survey, thoughts… …   Law dictionary

  • retrospect — c.1600, from L. retrospectum, pp. of retrospicere look back, from retro back (see RETRO (Cf. retro )) + specere look at (see SCOPE (Cf. scope) (1)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • retrospect — [n] afterthought hindsight, recollection, reconsideration, reexamination, remembering, remembrance, reminiscence, retrospection, review, revision, survey; concepts 17,40,410 Ant. forethought, prophesy, prospect …   New thesaurus

  • retrospect — /re treuh spekt /, n. 1. contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc. 2. in retrospect, in looking back on past events; upon reflection: It was, in retrospect, the happiest day of her life. v.i. 3. to look back in thought; refer …   Universalium

  • retrospect — [[t]re̱trəspekt[/t]] PHRASE: PHR with cl When you consider something in retrospect, you think about it afterwards, and often have a different opinion about it from the one that you had at the time. In retrospect, I wish that I had thought about… …   English dictionary

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