Reflect
[rɪ'flekt] or [rɪ'flɛkt]
Definition
(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'.
(verb.) to throw or bend back (from a surface); 'Sound is reflected well in this auditorium'.
(verb.) show an image of; 'her sunglasses reflected his image'.
(verb.) manifest or bring back; 'This action reflects his true beliefs'.
(verb.) be bright by reflecting or casting light; 'Drive carefully--the wet road reflects'.
Typed by Kate--From WordNet
Definition
(v.) To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat.
(v.) To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
(v. i.) To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams.
(v. i.) To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return.
(v. i.) To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules.
(v. i.) To cast reproach; to cause censure or dishonor.
Inputed by Heinrich
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Mirror, throw back.
v. n. [1]. Think, cogitate, muse, meditate, deliberate, ponder, consider, ruminate.[2]. Bring reproach, cast reproach.
Checked by Jennie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Return, image, mirror, exhibit, consider, think, cogitate, meditate,contemplate, ponder, muse, ruminate, heed, advert, animadvert
ANT:Divert, dissipate, idle, dream, wander, rove, stargaze, woolgather, connive,disregard, overlook
Editor: Ozzie
Definition
v.t. to bend back: to throw back after striking upon any surface as light &c.—v.i. to be thrown back as light heat &c.: to revolve in the mind: to consider attentively or deeply: to ponder: to cast reproach or censure (with on upon).—p.adj. Reflect′ed cast or thrown back: turned upward: reflexed.—adjs. Reflect′ible capable of being reflected; Reflect′ing throwing back light heat &c.: given to reflection: thoughtful.—adv. Reflect′ingly with reflection: with censure.—Reflecting telescope a form of telescope in which the image of the object to be viewed is produced by a concave reflector instead of a lens as in the refracting telescope.
Checker: Nicole
Examples
- Zat Arras will permit you in due time to reflect further upon the magnanimous offer he has made you. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Reflect: when a man has an opinion, has he not an opinion about something? Plato. The Republic.
- Reflect, afterwards when--when you are at leisure, and your conscience will withdraw this accusation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But may I wait and reflect a little while? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The Rubicon, I felt, was passed; and it behoved me well to reflect what I should do on this hither side of disease and danger. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It's a sad picter, to reflect that she's no longer equal to fully understanding the honor. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But this does not reflect upon or diminish the ingenuity required for its invention. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She stood silent, resting her thin elbows on the mantelpiece, her profile reflected in the glass behind her. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Before turning to retrace his steps, he stopped upon the margin, to look down at the reflected night. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Next I reflected that Frederick Lamb was younger than the Prince; but then again, a Prince of Wales! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The Chief Butler, no doubt, reflected that the course of nature required the wealthy population to be kept up, on his account. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- As we went he reminded me of what I was to say and do, yet, strange to say, I entered the chamber without having once reflected on my purpose. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But I reflected that Yarmouth might be situated at one of the poles; which would account for it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- This distrust of the teacher's experience is then reflected in lack of confidence in the responses of pupils. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But as he reflects when he is left alone, the woman has been putting no common constraint upon herself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The General Slaughter was rendered with a faithfulness to details which reflects the highest credit upon the late participants in it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Socially, it reflects a division between those who are controlled by direct concern with things and those who are free to cultivate themselves. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It reflects disgrace on no one living, except you who use it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A metal roof reflects so much light that the eyes are dazzled by it, and a whitewashed fence injures the eyes because of the glare which comes from the reflected light. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Theodore Roosevelt, who reflects so much of America, has very definitely cast down this idol. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mr. Weevle reflects for some time. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This, rising above the water, and provided with reflecting lenses, enabled the steersman to discover the surface conditions and see any near vessel or other object. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Reflecting upon these and similar evils, you held the tyrannical State to be the most miserable of States? Plato. The Republic.
- Nine years later Sir Isaac Newton, having studied Gregory’s plans, built the first reflecting telescope, which is now to be seen in the hall of the Royal Society in London. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The law of reflection always holds, however, no matter what the reflecting surface is,--the angle of reflection always equals the angle of incidence. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- School children amuse themselves by reflecting sunbeams from a mirror into their companions' faces. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- His tone was cold and ironical; its bitterness but reflecting the terrible disappointment he had suffered. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Thus we came to Richard, poring over a table covered with dusty bundles of papers which seemed to me like dusty mirrors reflecting his own mind. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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