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What (who) is Reflect - definition
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Reflecting; Reflect; Reflexion; Reflected; Reflection (disambiguation); Reflection (album); Reflects; Reflectional; Reflexional; Reflective surface; The Reflection; Reflection (film)
reflect
¦ verb
1. (of a surface or body) throw back (heat, light, or sound) without absorbing it.
(of a mirror or shiny surface) show an image of.
2. embody or represent in a faithful or appropriate way: the letters reflect all aspects of his life.
(reflect well/badly on) bring about a good or bad impression of.
3. (reflect on/upon) think deeply or carefully about.
Origin
ME: from OFr. reflecter or L. reflectere, from re- 'back' + flectere 'to bend'.
reflect
(reflects, reflecting, reflected)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If something reflects an attitude or situation, it shows that the attitude or situation exists or it shows what it is like.
The Los Angeles riots reflected the bitterness between the black and Korean communities in the city...
= show
VERB: V n
2.
When light, heat or other rays reflect off a surface or when a surface reflects them, they are sent back from the surface and do not pass through it.
The sun reflected off the snow-covered mountains...
The glass appears to reflect light naturally.
VERB: V prep, V n
3.
When something is reflected in a mirror or in water, you can see its image in the mirror or in the water.
His image seemed to be reflected many times in the mirror.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
4.
When you reflect on something, you think deeply about it.
We should all give ourselves time to reflect...
I reflected on the child's future.
VERB: V, V on/upon n
5.
You can use reflect to indicate that a particular thought occurs to someone.
Things were very much changed since before the war, he reflected.
VERB: V that
6.
If an action or situation reflects in a particular way on someone or something, it gives people a good or bad impression of them.
The affair hardly reflected well on the British...
Your own personal behavior as a teacher, outside of school hours, reflects on the school itself.
VERB: V adv on n, V on n
reflect
I. v. a.
Mirror, throw back.
II. v. n.
1.
Think, cogitate, muse, meditate, deliberate, ponder, consider, contemplate, ruminate.
2.
Bring reproach, cast reproach.
Examples of use of Reflect
1. "Reflect is alternative," says Knight of the Reflect network here.
2. Her stories do not reflect the way things happen in the real world, but they do reflect our real desires.
3. This sort of excitement is what makes Reflect work, says David Archer, who helped create the Reflect methodology.
4. His political interests reflect his personal experiences.
5. Our underlying similarities reflect our shared origins.