[
US
/ɹɪˈfɫɛkt/
]
[ UK /ɹɪflˈɛkt/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪflˈɛkt/ ]
VERB
-
be bright by reflecting or casting light
Drive carefully--the wet road reflects -
give evidence of a certain behavior
His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him -
show an image of
her sunglasses reflected his image -
manifest or bring back
This action reflects his true beliefs -
reflect deeply on a subject
philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
I mulled over the events of the afternoon -
to throw or bend back (from a surface)
Sound is reflected well in this auditorium -
give evidence of the quality of
The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student
How To Use reflect In A Sentence
- In the sunlight, the steel surface comes alive with reflections, picking up the green of the surrounding grass.
- The orchestrated escort and the accompanying police violence in clearing the picket reflected the involvement of city based police, the local constabulary having been cooperative with the workers.
- Petrifications, where no organic material remains, are usually prepared as thin sections or polished and studied under reflected light.
- This also reflects his personal hygiene, outwardly appearing clean but in reality, dirty. STUART: A Life Backwards
- This procedure is a form of critique: the photomontage provides us a critical distance to reflect on what we had been prompted to desire, whether it was a luxury product, an ideal of feminine beauty, a racial superiority, or an entire way of life. Merrill Cole: WikiLeaks and David Wojnarowicz: A Perspective from Berlin
- He should use the Christmas period for mature reflection and then tender his resignation.
- The setting-up of the ethics of literature and art offers the pursuit of value that reflects the unity of good and beauty.
- The authors concluded that creativity and psychotic symptomatology do indeed reflect equivalent forms of cognitive processing.
- I mean they ought to be able to reflect on possible alternative views, and some do.
- The rounded flakes, with less surface area to reflect light, lose brilliance.
