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retrospect

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"Look back"

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɛtɹəˌspɛkt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ceeoprrsttStarts with REnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin retrōspectum, from retrōspicio (“to look back at”), equivalent to retro- + -spect. Compare review.

Used in a sentence

  • Whether, like Colin, in retrospect Willie Lee and Baptist would feel that what has vanished was greater than what was achieved, is not something we can predict.
  • To give a correct idea of the circumstances which have gradually produced this conviction, it may be useful to retrospect to an early period.

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