look-back
Reviewing the past
A look-back is a retrospective examination or review of past events, decisions, or performance.
Common in finance and law, where a look-back period defines how far into the past records are examined: The audit included a five-year look-back.
Also appears as lookback.
Recalling past experiences
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
sentimentality · homesickness · reverie · yesteryear · bygone · halcyon · golden · retro
Reviewing what came before
- reassessmentRenewed evaluation of something
- reconsiderationRenewed evaluation of something
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
reappraisal · critique · summary · overview · debrief · postmortem · audit · stocktaking
Observing one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
- ponderingThinking deeply about something
rumination · musing · soul-searching · self-analysis · self-assessment · hindsight · lessons · regret
reminiscence
Recalling past experiences
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- longingIntense, persistent desire
melancholy · sentimentality · homesickness · reverie · yesteryear · bygone · halcyon · golden · retro · vintage
retrospective
Reviewing what came before
- reassessmentRenewed evaluation of something
- reconsiderationRenewed evaluation of something
- analysisMethodical study of parts
evaluation · reappraisal · critique · summary · overview · debrief · postmortem · audit · stocktaking · recap
introspection
Observing one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
pondering · rumination · musing · soul-searching · self-analysis · self-assessment · hindsight · lessons · regret · growth
chronicle
Ordered historical record
ancestry · genealogy · heritage · archives · records · past · legacy · origins · roots · milestones
look-backpreview
Advance showing sample
forecast · projection · anticipation · outlook · prospect
look-backanticipation
State of awaiting something
foresight · forward-thinking · prospection · forward thinking · prognostication
look, back, looks, looked, looking, looker, lookers, backs, backed