Retrospect Definition

rĕtrə-spĕkt
retrospects
noun
retrospects
A looking back on or thinking about things past; contemplation or survey of the past.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
verb
To think about the past.
American Heritage
To look back in thought or refer back (to)
Webster's New World
To look or think back on.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
in retrospect
  • In looking back on or reviewing the past.
American Heritage
in retrospect
  • in reviewing the past
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Retrospect

Noun

Singular:
retrospect
Plural:
retrospects

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Retrospect

Origin of Retrospect

  • From Latin retrōspectus past participle of retrōspicere to look back at retrō- retro- specere to look at spek- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin retrōspectum, from retrōspicio (“to look back at").

    From Wiktionary

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