in retrospect

English

Prepositional phrase

in retrospect

1. When looked back upon as a past event; as can be seen now, but not at the time.

   Synonym: in hindsight

   Near-synonym: retrospectively

   Trying to expand the business into the Middle East was doomed to failure. In retrospect, we shouldn't have bothered.

Translations

as can be seen now but was not seen at the outset

• Arabic: فِي وَقْت لَاحِق (fī waqt lāḥiq)
• Czech: zpětně viděno
• Danish: set i bakspejlet, i retrospekt
• Finnish: jälkikäteen ajatellen, jälkikäteen ajateltuna, jälkikäteen tarkasteltuna
• French: avec le recul
• German: rückblickend (de), zurückblickend (de)
• Greek: εκ των υστέρων (el) (ek ton ystéron)
• Hebrew: בדיעבד (he) (bedi'avád)
• Icelandic: þegar litið er til baka, eftir á að hyggja
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: i ettertid

  Nynorsk: i ettertid

• Polish: z perspektywy czasu
• Swedish: i efterhand (sv)

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