reflection

[[t]rɪfle̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]]

reflections

1) N-COUNT A reflection is an image that you can see in a mirror or in glass or water.

Meg stared at her reflection in the bedroom mirror.

2) N-UNCOUNT Reflection is the process by which light and heat are sent back from a surface and do not pass through it.

...the reflection of a beam of light off a mirror.

3) N-COUNT: usu N of n If you say that something is a reflection of a particular person's attitude or of a situation, you mean that it is caused by that attitude or situation and therefore reveals something about it.

Inhibition in adulthood seems to be very clearly a reflection of a person's experiences as a child.

4) N-SING: usu N on n If something is a reflection or a sad reflection on a person or thing, it gives a bad impression of them.

Infection with head lice is no reflection on personal hygiene...

The library is unique and its break-up would be a sad reflection on the value we place on our heritage.

5) N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl Reflection is careful thought about a particular subject. Your reflections are your thoughts about a particular subject.

After days of reflection she decided to write back...

He paused, absorbed by his reflections.

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PHRASE If someone admits or accepts something on reflection, they admit or accept it after having thought carefully about it.

On reflection, he says, he very much regrets the comments.

6) N-COUNT: usu pl Reflections on something are comments or writings that express someone's ideas about it.

In his latest collection of poems readers are confronted with a series of reflections on death.