retrospect

[US]/ˈretrəspekt/
[UK]/ˈretrəspekt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. looking back or thinking about the past
v. to look back or think about the past, to remember.

Phrases & Collocations

in retrospect

retrospectively

retrospective analysis

retrospective study

Example Sentences

The retrospect was depressing.

retrospect to an early period

In retrospect, I think that I was wrong.

In retrospect it's obvious how we went wrong.

perhaps, in retrospect, I shouldn't have gone.

In retrospect the elaborate preparations seemed de trop.

Based on the same philosophical thought, comparative poetics and philosophical hermeneutics alike are a retrospect and transcension of scientism and positivism prevailing over the 19th century.

This paper retrospects briefly the history of the discovery of Parity Nonconservation, analyses some questions on the Lee-Yang's Argument, and also makes comments on it.

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