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retrospect definition

retro·spect (re′trə spekt′)

noun

a looking back on or thinking about things past; contemplation or survey of the past

Etymology: < L retrospectus, pp. of retrospicere, to look back < retro-, back + specere, to look: see spy

intransitive verb

Rare to look back in thought or refer back (to)

transitive verb

Rare to look or think back on
retrospect Idioms

in retrospect

in reviewing the past

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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