verb
- Manifest or bring back.
- usage: "This action reflects his true beliefs"
- synonyms: reflect
- Reflect deeply on a subject.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
- To throw or bend back (from a surface. )
- usage: "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium"
- synonyms: reflect, reverberate
- Be bright by reflecting or casting light.
- usage: "Drive carefully-the wet road reflects"
- Show an image of.
- usage: "her sunglasses reflected his image"
- synonyms: reflect
- Give evidence of a certain behavior.
- usage: "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him"
- synonyms: reflect
- Give evidence of the quality of.
- usage: "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student"
- synonyms: reflect
adjective
- Especially of incident sound or light. ( bent or sent back)
- usage: "reflected light"; "reflected heat"; "reflected glory"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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