Definition of Retrospect in English :

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Retrospect meaning in English

Meaning of Retrospect in English

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Retrospect pronunciation in English

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Retrospect

see synonyms of retrospect

Noun

1. retrospect

contemplation of things past

Example Sentences:
'in retrospect'

Verb

2. look back, retrospect, review

look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember

Example Sentences:
'she reviewed her achievements with pride'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Retrospect

see synonyms of retrospect
noun
1. 
the act of surveying things past (often in the phrase in retrospect)
verb archaic
2. 
to contemplate (anything past); look back on (something)
3. (intransitive; often foll by to)
to refer

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Retrospect

see synonyms of retrospect
noun
1. 
a looking back on or thinking about things past; contemplation or survey of the past
verb intransitive
2.  Rare
to look back in thought or refer back (to)
verb transitive
3.  Rare
to look or think back on

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Retrospect

see synonyms of retrospect
n.
A review or contemplation of things in the past: "He pursed his lips in the exercise of a retrospect across the years" (Flann O'Brien).
v. ret·ro·spect·ed, ret·ro·spect·ing, ret·ro·spects
v.intr.
To think about the past.
v.tr.
To look back on or think about (things past).

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