hindsight /ˈhaɪn(d)saɪt/noun 2forms 1phrases 1 noun2 •Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.You know what they say, hindsight is twenty-twenty.In hindsight, I realize that I should have studied harder for the exam. •(rare) The rear sight of a firearm. formshindsights Phrases with hindsight twenty-twenty hindsightA perfect understanding of events only after they have happened.
