Reflect

Verb

 * 1)  To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
 * A mirror reflects the light that shines on it.
 * 1)  To mirror, or show the image of something.
 * The shop window reflected his image as he walked past.
 * 1)  To agree with; to closely follow.
 * Entries in English dictionaries aim to reflect common usage.
 * 1)  To give evidence of someone's or something's character etc.
 * The team's victory reflects the Captain's abilities.
 * The teacher's ability reflects well on the school.
 * With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
 * 1)  To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
 * People do that sort of thing every day, without ever stopping to reflect on the consequences.
 * 1) * 1985, Justin Richards, Option Lock, page 229:
 * Not for the first time, he reflected that it was not so much the speeches that strained the nerves as the palaver that went with them.
 * Not for the first time, he reflected that it was not so much the speeches that strained the nerves as the palaver that went with them.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:ponder

Adverbs for Reflect
calmly; meditatively; sparklingly; contemplatively;  cannily;   piously;   pensively; moodily; morbidly; somberly; grimly; opportunely; serenely; ingenuously; cynically; bitterly; miserably; delicately; philosophically; coherently; candidly; logically.

Thesaurus
act like, adumbrate, affect, allude to, arch, assume, attract, be abstracted, bend, bend back, blurt, blurt out, body forth, borrow, bounce back, bow, bring, bring back, bring to light, bring to mind, brood, brood over, call attention to, call back, call to mind, call up, cast, cerebrate, chew over, chew the cud, chorus, cogitate, comment, con over, conjure up, consider, contemplate, copy, counterfeit, crib, crook, curl, curve, debate, decurve, deflect, deliberate, deliberate over, deliberate upon, demonstrate, digest, disclose, display, ditto, do, do like, dome, echo, embody, embow, evaluate, evidence, evoke, examine, exclaim, exemplify, exhibit, expose, fake, figure, flex, foreshadow, forge, glass, go back, go back over, go like, hark back, hoke, hoke up, hook, hump, hunch, illustrate, image, imitate, impersonate, incarnate, incurvate, incurve, indicate, inflect, interject, introspect, lay bare, let drop, let fall, look back, loop, make like, make reference to, meditate, meditate upon, mention, mind, mirror, mull over, muse, muse on, muse over, note, observe, opine, perpend, personate, personify, plagiarize, play around with, play with, point to, ponder, ponder over, prefigure, pretypify, project, realize, reason, recall, recall to mind, recapture, recollect, recurve, reecho, reevoke, refer to, reflect over, reflex, remark, remember, repeat, reproduce, retrace, retroflex, retrospect, return, reveal, review, review in retrospect, revive, revolve, round, ruminate, ruminate over, run over, sag, see in retrospect, send back, shadow, shadow forth, show, simulate, speak, speculate, study, suggest, summon up, swag, sweep, think back, think of, think over, throw, throw back, toy with, turn, turn over, uncover, use hindsight, vault, weigh, wind

Pronunciation




Translations

 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, zurückspiegeln
 * Hebrew: החזיר


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: , отражаться   ;   , отразиться


 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 反映,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:


 * Hebrew: שיקף
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 반사하다
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: återkasta


 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew: החזיר


 * Telugu: పరావర్తనం చెందు (paraavartanaM cheMdu)


 * Finnish:


 * Hebrew:, שיקף


 * Finnish:, pohdiskella
 * German:
 * Hebrew:, הרהר
 * Portuguese:


 * Russian: размышлять, размыслить
 * Scottish Gaelic:, , ,
 * Spanish:, reflexionar


 * : ప్రతిఫలించు (pratiphaliMchu), ప్రతిబింబించు (pratibimbimchu)
 * : réfléchir


 * : suy nghĩ, suy ngẫm
 * : reflejar, reflexionar

Related terms

 * reflective
 * unreflective
 * nonreflective
 * reflectorize