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reflect English

Meaning reflect meaning

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reflect Verb

— If mathx/math reflects mathy/math, mathx/math shows or matches mathy/math, or mathx/math is affected by mathy/math. These words didn't accurately reflect his thoughts. Changing fashion reflected the changing population. Greensburg's population had fallen steadily for decades, reflecting a trend in many small farming towns in Kansas. This concept is simplistic and clearly does not reflect reality. Attitudes towards religion also reflect historical factors. Politicians can maintain their popularity only if their decisions reflect public preferences. His letters began to reflect his growing anger. The teachers' beliefs are reflected in the use of technology in the classroom. Many of the concerns of family members reflect the need for information about the disease. Waiting list numbers don't reflect the actual need. Our values are reflected in and shaped by advertising. — If mathx/math reflects mathy/math, the light from mathy/math can be seen in mathx/math. The mirrors on the stairway reflected ladies in white, blue, and pink dresses. — If light or sound reflects off something, it hits it and goes in a different direction. Sunlight was reflecting off the glass. — If you reflect about something, you think about it carefully. In jail he's had time to reflect upon what he did and how many lives he touched through his actions.

reflect

— verb manifest or bring back This action reflects his true beliefs — verb (= excogitate, mull, mull over, speculate) reflect deeply on a subject I mulled over the events of the afternoon philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate — verb to throw or bend back (from a surface) Sound is reflected well in this auditorium — verb be bright by reflecting or casting light Drive carefully--the wet road reflects — verb show an image of her sunglasses reflected his image — verb give evidence of the quality of The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student — verb give evidence of a certain behavior His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him

Synonyms reflect synonyms

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reflect English » English

think consider ponder mirror meditate contemplate deliberate think about think over shine ruminate cogitate think carefully speculate reason muse mull study show reverberate reflex reflection recall return reflect on recollect project excogitate bethink think of mull over echo brood reveal resonate remember reflected reconsider rebound ponder over meditate upon mediate judge indicate imitate imagine glitter glisten glint gleam

Topics reflect topics

What do people use reflect to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Interpreting messages

Show, indicate
Person Sense, perceive See

Reflect, mirror
Person Sense, perceive See

Something used to see
Language and thought Think Mind

Think about
Language and thought Think

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Conjugation reflect conjugation

How do you conjugate reflect?

reflect · verb

Examples reflect examples

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Simple sentences

Snow is white because its molecules reflect all the colors of the sun's rays.
Reflect on advantages and disadvantages before you make up your mind.
Take your time. I know you need a couple of days to reflect on it.
Reflect on what you have done.
Your eyes reflect the echo of my voice.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Your declarations reflect your intolerance.
While I work, I reflect.
Happiness does not lie in things. It lies in the souls of people who reflect upon or contemplate them.
I need a little time to reflect upon it.
Sunblock contains chemicals that can reflect or absorb the ultraviolet light.
This sentence doesn't necessarily reflect my opinion.
This decision will reflect on his future career.
It's time to reflect on your past.
Keeping a diary also gives us a chance to reflect on our daily life.
Reflect on it a while. You'll see I'm right.
Most houses built today do not reflect any one style, but integrate ideas from many cultures.

Movie subtitles

The tomb of Emperor YongIe at ChangIing is an appropriate place to reflect on the huge opportunity that China missed.
It wouldn't reflect well on you or. or us as leaders of the community.
Mirrors should reflect a bit more before sending back images.
That's why I've got to be quiet a good deal and have time to reflect in.
Reflect in?
What have you got to reflect about?
They'd give you something to reflect about.
Any violation of neutrality would reflect on the captain.
Reflect in your heart for me, and I will reflect for you.
To reflect the ugly heart of a girl who breaks her promises.
I will give you time to tomorrow to reflect.
The only reason we are still alive is that your sister Alice and I worked out a way to reflect his deadly beams away from the house.
We've rigged the epidiascope to reflect whatever the Martian lens picks up.
But, Doctor, please reflect on the profound aspects of the matter and consider the vital points of my thesis.
I want to reflect the light.
But I'll be lenient, and give you a chance to reflect.
Reflect in your heart for me, and i will reflect for you.
To reflect the ugly heart of a girl who breaks her promises. See?
But You never reflect on things!
If there should be any scandal, it would reflect upon me.
Mr. Castle. it was my suggestion that you reflect very carefully, mr.
And in these varying expressions and on the faces that reflect them, can thus be seen the whole enigma of the Hungarian people.
Hold it against the lamp and reflect all the light you can down here.
Any violation of neutrality would reflect on Captain Renault.
Other people's eyes don't reflect emptiness like mine.
The heroism, devotion to duty, professional skill and coolness under fire displayed by Captain Derry under the most difficult conditions, reflect highest credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States of America.
I cannot imagine that Dragonwyck could be either miserable or drab. except to those who reflect misery or drabness from within themselves.
Nevertheless, our circulation fails to reflect this trend.
Your verdict should reflect that the defendant's act of self-defense was the will of destiny.
Gentlemen, let us take a minute to reflect.
Now, they reflect light like mirrors.
Last night I went to bed thinking I would be able to reflect upon so many different things, and then I fell asleep.

News and current affairs

Those civil rights initiatives on the part of NATO reflect the increasingly workmanlike way that Russia, Europe, and America now work out their disagreements.
For example, simply changing the color of roofs in warm climates to reflect sunlight or planting trees around houses can lead to great savings on energy used for air conditioning.
All these data are at an aggregate level and reflect average views among voters and investors.
They are themselves a cause of further warming: ice and snow reflect the sun's rays.
Financial systems are bloated by implicit taxpayer guarantees, which allow banks, particularly large ones, to borrow money at interest rates that do not fully reflect the risks they take in search of outsized profits.
It seems plausible that once our ability to reason and reflect has developed sufficiently enough to enable us to understand that strangers can suffer and enjoy life just as we can, then at least some of us would act altruistically toward strangers, too.
This may reflect what people are accustomed to.
Fourth, private consumption growth in the last few quarters does not reflect growth in real wages (which are actually falling).
The conscious memory of the past experience and the physiological responses elicited thus reflect the operation of two separate memory systems that operate in parallel.
The solution is a version of the deal that Clinton sought: two sovereign states based on the 1967 borders, with negotiated land swaps to reflect existing settlement patterns.
It would also have to reconstitute the International Monetary Fund to reflect better the prevailing pecking order among states and to revise its methods of operation.
Equally, big member states ought to have more votes in the Council of Ministers, to reflect their greater populations.
And it should reflect the understanding that development is impossible without peace, just as peace is impossible without development - and that lasting peace and sustainable development are impossible without respect for human rights and the rule of law.
Others object to specific rights which they say reflect Western cultural bias, the most troublesome here being women's rights.
Both of these complaints reflect a third: unease with the Court's overwhelming focus on Africa.
Meanwhile, our most fundamental institutions - schools, police, and the courts - must be re-engineered to reflect and respond to the diversity of our communities, which is now a fact of life.
This does not necessarily reflect a problem with the performance of a screening questionnaire, but rather how these scales are used.
MADRID - December always provides an opportunity to pause and reflect on what was and what will be.
There is, and they reflect the fact that general economic tendencies will be accompanied by multi-speed dynamics at many levels.
But such low rates do not reflect ordinary market sentiment; rather, they stem from the fact that the Federal Reserve is now buying more long-term securities than the government is issuing to finance the budget deficit.
Ultimately, these financial failures reflect the downward spiral of house prices and the increasing number of homes with negative equity, i.e., with substantial mortgage debt in excess of market values.
The teenagers' plans simply reflect a sad reality: these pupils are the second generation that has not known anything but war.
Moreover, growth under Chavez seems to reflect an increase in domestic consumption resulting from the flow of petrodollars and nothing more fundamental, as oil remains the economy's only real engine.
Merkel's proposals do not reflect a German strategy aimed at leading the EU through this crisis.

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