reflect
♦♦ re|flect /rɪfl'ekt/ (reflects reflecting reflected)
1 [VERB] V n
If something reflects an attitude or situation, it shows that the attitude or situation exists or it shows what it is like.
The Los Angeles riots reflected the bitterness between the black and Korean communities in the city...
= show
2 [VERB] V prep, V n
When light, heat, or other rays reflect off a surface or when a surface reflects them, they are sent back from the surface and do not pass through it.
The sun reflected off the snow-covered mountains...
The glass appears to reflect light naturally.
3 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
When something is reflected in a mirror or in water, you can see its image in the mirror or in the water.
His image seemed to be reflected many times in the mirror.
4 [VERB] V, V on/upon n
When you reflect on something, you think deeply about it.
We should all give ourselves time to reflect...
I reflected on the child's future.
5 [VERB] V that
You can use reflect to indicate that a particular thought occurs to someone.
Things were very much changed since before the war, he reflected.
6 [VERB] V adv on n, V on n
If an action or situation reflects in a particular way on someone or something, it gives people a good or bad impression of them.
The affair hardly reflected well on the British...
Your own personal behavior as a teacher, outside of school hours, reflects on the school itself.
1 [VERB] V n
If something reflects an attitude or situation, it shows that the attitude or situation exists or it shows what it is like.
The Los Angeles riots reflected the bitterness between the black and Korean communities in the city...
= show
2 [VERB] V prep, V n
When light, heat, or other rays reflect off a surface or when a surface reflects them, they are sent back from the surface and do not pass through it.
The sun reflected off the snow-covered mountains...
The glass appears to reflect light naturally.
3 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
When something is reflected in a mirror or in water, you can see its image in the mirror or in the water.
His image seemed to be reflected many times in the mirror.
4 [VERB] V, V on/upon n
When you reflect on something, you think deeply about it.
We should all give ourselves time to reflect...
I reflected on the child's future.
5 [VERB] V that
You can use reflect to indicate that a particular thought occurs to someone.
Things were very much changed since before the war, he reflected.
6 [VERB] V adv on n, V on n
If an action or situation reflects in a particular way on someone or something, it gives people a good or bad impression of them.
The affair hardly reflected well on the British...
Your own personal behavior as a teacher, outside of school hours, reflects on the school itself.