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in ret·ro·spect

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  1. in retrospectadverb

    Looking back on the past or past events.

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  1. in retrospect

    Read the full text of the In Retrospect poem by Quaid-Uz-Zaman on the Poetry.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of in retrospect in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of in retrospect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of in retrospect in a Sentence

  1. Ramana Pemmaraju:

    One must judiciously retrospect not just his actions but also reactions of the other in order to arrive at a sensible conclusion. The primary fallacy is that you're assuming that the other is functioning out of awareness - which is falsity and this further aggrevates the mental agony, driving you farther from reality. Watch on!

  2. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson:

    There's going to be anger associated, when things of this nature occur, the first thing people do is look in retrospect, what could we have done to maybe prevent this ? I know our detectives do the best they can.

  3. Staff Adm. Mike Mullen:

    I think in retrospect, yeah we should have( left)... I don't think it was possible for us to just abruptly walk away right after we killed bin Laden, but clearly we could have earlier than we did.

  4. Kurt Volker:

    In retrospect, I should have seen that connection differently, and had I done so, I would have raised my own objections.

  5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect, that the path of each man's genius contracts itself to a very few hours.

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    directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality
    A extroversive
    B indiscernible
    C tacky
    D foreordained

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