- the ability to understand an event or situation only after it has happened
- the ability to understand and realize something about an event after it has happened, although you did not understand or realize it at the time.
با نگاهی به گذشته، در نگاه به گذشته، از دیدگاه امروز ( درباره ی گذشته ) ، در نگاه به عقب، عطف به ماسبق