- reflect
- [[t]rɪfle̱kt[/t]]
♦♦reflects, reflecting, reflected1) VERB If something reflects an attitude or situation, it shows that the attitude or situation exists or it shows what it is like.
[V n] The Los Angeles riots reflected the bitterness between the black and Korean communities in the city...
[V n] Concern at the economic situation was reflected in the government's budget.
Syn:2) V-ERG 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.[V prep] The sun reflected off the snow-covered mountains...
[V n] The glass appears to reflect light naturally.
3) VERB: usu passive When something is reflected in a mirror or in water, you can see its image in the mirror or in the water.[be V-ed] His image seemed to be reflected many times in the mirror.
4) VERB When you reflect on something, you think deeply about it.We should all give ourselves time to reflect...
[V on/upon n] I reflected on the child's future.
5) VERB You can use reflect to indicate that a particular thought occurs to someone.[V that] Things were very much changed since before the war, he reflected.
6) VERB If an action or situation reflects in a particular way on someone or something, it gives people a good or bad impression of them.[V adv on n] The affair hardly reflected well on the British...
[V on n] Your own personal behavior as a teacher, outside of school hours, reflects on the school itself.
English dictionary. 2008.
