Reflect

Definition: Reflect

Reflect

Verb

1. Manifest or bring back; "This action reflects his true beliefs".

2. To throw or bend back (from a surface); "A mirror in the sun can reflect light into a person's eyes"; "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium".

3. Reflect deeply on a subject; "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".

4. Be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects".

5. Give evidence that someone has acted in a certain way; "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him".

6. Give evidence of the quality of; "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "reflect" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Geological

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REFLECT

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Synonyms: Reflect

Disapprobation

Animadvert upon, reflect upon; glance at; cast reflection, cast reproach, cast a slur upon; insinuate, damn with faint praise; "hint a fault and hesitate dislike"; not to be able to say much for.

Disrepute

Cause shame; Noun: shame, disgrace, put to shame, dishonor; throw dishonor upon, cast dishonor upon, fling dishonor upon, reflect dishonor upon; Noun: be a reproach; n. to; derogate from.

Imitation

Verb: imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat; do like, echo, reecho, catch; transcribe; match, parallel.

Repute

Confer honor on, reflect honor on; Verb:; shed a luster on; redound.to one's honor, ennoble.

Thought

Verb: think, reflect, cogitate, excogitate, consider, deliberate; bestow thought upon, bestow consideration upon; speculate, contemplate, meditate, ponder, muse, dream, ruminate; brood over, con over; animadvert, study; bend -, apply mind; (attend); digest, discuss, hammer at, weigh, perpend; realize, appreciate; fancy; (imagine); trow.

Crosswords: Reflect

It certainly would reflect well on you. (Ladyhawke; writing credit: Edward Khmara)

Uh, let the record reflect that the deponent is a fat, arrogant, overweight, bald pig. (Ally McBeal; writing credit: Henri Vernes)

A moment to reflect. (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze; writing credit: Kevin Eastman; Peter Laird)

Aren't baby shower balloons supposed to reflect the sex of the baby (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset)

Time to wonder what it will reflect tomorrow (Day of the Fight; writing credit: Robert Rein)

Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue (Vincent; performing artist: Don McLean)

The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation (Africa; performing artist: Toto)

A person's character and his garden both reflect the amount of weeding that was done during the growing season. (references; author: unknown)

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Books

• Do Black Patent-Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?: A Fictionalized Memoir (reference)

• Letting Go (A Moment to Reflect) (reference)

• Living Our Own Lives (A Moment to Reflect) (reference)

• Setting Boundaries (A Moment to Reflect) (reference)

• The Museum as Muse: Artists Reflect (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Reflect (reference)

• Reflect on the Hits Of Burt Bacharach& Hal David/Velvet Voices and Bold Brass (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• REFLECT MULTI-HOST ENT-V10 PROF END USER DOCS (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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New Ensigns helping calibrate the radar The tinfoil both helps reflect the radar and protect brain from radar pulses On the NOAA Ship WHITING. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Small waterfalls called headcuts gouge stream channels ever deeper as they move upstream. The variety and vigor of the insects that biologist Sam Testa collects will reflect the level of environmental harshness or pollution in this stream. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

World War II era recognition drawings. These drawings do not reflect changes made in the ships' 1938-40 modernizations. The original print came from Office of Naval Intelligence files. Credit: NAVY.

Unidentified African American man posed, full-length, seated, facing left, in front of mirrors, which reflect four mirror images of him. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hundreds of students gathered at Ball Circle on the campus of Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Va., late Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001, to pray and reflect by candlelight on the day's events around the country / AP Photo, The Free Lance-Star, Reza A. Ma. Credit: Library of Congress.

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Lost heat is lost power, lost time and lost money. Furnaces for remelting and refining high quality steels and alloys are lined with refractory bricks such as these, made to withstand and to "reflect" terrific heat. Credit: Library of Congress.

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It would not reflect, or only with miserable dimness, the figures with which I did my best to people it.

Before him whose eye has no light, reflect and tremble

If I have any experience which I think valuable, I am sure to reflect that this my Mentors said nothing about

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Health

These training materials hopefully reflect these goals. (references)

These recommendations reflect the consensus of the panel. (references)

It is updated periodically to reflect current scientific knowledge. (references)

Business

Expectations for 2000 reflect a 7% growth over 1999 levels. (references)

Total unit labor costs reflect well compared to other European countries. (references)

All contracts will have to reflect both Belgian law as well as EU legislation. (references)

Children

Korea

Social norms reflect traditional, family-centered values in which children are cherished. (references)

Zimbabwe

It is not known whether the statistics reflect the fact that more cases are occurring or only that more are being reported. (references)

Russia

Families with children with disabilities received extremely low state subsidies that have not changed to reflect inflation since the Soviet era. (references)

Civil Liberties

Turkey

However, news items may reflect a progovernment bias. (references)

Lesotho

All faithfully reflect official positions of the ruling party. (references)

Cuba

All legal media must operate under party guidelines and reflect government views. (references)

Discrimination

Samoa

Politics and culture reflect a heritage of chiefly privilege and power, and members of certain families have some advantages. (references)

Economic History

Kenya

The figures below reflect the estimated documented (legal) market. (references)

Nepal

Imported goods' prices reflect transportation costs and other mark-ups. (references)

Human Rights

Tonga

Prison conditions are Spartan but reflect local living standards. (references)

Kenya

The Minister's comments reflect a growing concern that security forces often are not armed or equipped sufficiently. (references)

Zambia

Although there is a functioning bail system, overcrowded prisons reflect in part the large number of detainees charged with serious offenses for which bail is not granted. (references)

Indigenous People

India

The Jharkhand Movement in Bihar and Orissa, and the Bodo Movement in Assam, reflect deep economic and social grievances among indigenous peoples. (references)

Minorities

Ethiopia

Most urban areas reflect a mixture of all religious denominations. (references)

Slovak Republic

Experts claim these results reflect a greater underrepresentation of the actual number of Roma than the 1991 consensus. (references)

Political Economy

Czech Rep

U.S.-Czech relations are excellent and reflect strong historical ties. (references)

MOROCCO

Changes in the rates of individual currencies reflect changes in cross rates. (references)

THE BAHAMAS

Deviations from the average duty rate often reflect policies aimed at import substitution. (references)

Political Rights

Cambodia

Despite such incidents, the formation of the new Government appeared to reflect the will of the electorate. (references)

Hungary

The percentage of minorities in Government and politics does not reflect their percentage of the population. (references)

Zimbabwe

The NCA openly was critical of the CC, asserting that it was a government-controlled entity whose product would not reflect the will of the populace. (references)

Trade

Ireland

Therefore, commercial transactions and payment terms reflect common Western practices. (references)

Turkey

The letter of guarantee should be prepared to reflect the value of the samples as if they were actually being imported. (references)

Poland

They do not necessarily reflect the actual performance of Polish banks on L/Cs, which is generally considered excellent. (references)

Travel

Trinidad

Local business customs reflect those of the United States. (references)

Morocco

Moroccan business customs reflect a mix of Arab and Mediterranean influences, rather than African. (references)

Georgia

Georgians are not obsessively punctual, and any lateness does not necessarily reflect lack of respect. (references)

Women

Jordan

Reported incidents of violence against women do not reflect the full extent of the problem. (references)

Mauritania

The change in figures appears to reflect both prior overestimation and a significant decline in the practice in recent years. (references)

Guatemala

Many observers believed that increases did not reflect an increase in the number of rapes committed, but rather an increased willingness on the part of victims to come forward, greater public confidence in the police, and improved record keeping of crime statistics. (references)

Worker Rights

Netherlands

The minimum wage for adults is established by law and may be adjusted every 6 months to reflect changes in the cost-of-living index. (references)

China

However, the amended Trade Union Law acknowledges that strikes may occur, in which case the union is to reflect the views and demands of workers in seeking a resolution of the strike. (references)

Philippines

DSWD officials noted that the number rescued failed to reflect the true extent of the prostitution problem since it reflected only those who obtained temporary shelter and counseling through the DSWD and local governments. (references)

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Expressions using "reflect": reflect credit upon smb. ♦ reflect dishonor upon ♦ reflect on ♦ reflect upon. Additional references.

Afrikaans

oorweeg (account, consider, esteem, reflect on, regard, take, take into account, think, think about), hom besin (reflect on, think, think about), bedink (reflect on, think, think about). (various references)

Albanian

reflektoj, pasqyroj (express, image, mirror, render, represent, throw back), mendoj (believe, conceive, consider, contemplate, deem, deliberate, dream up, elaborate, expect, fancy, feel, figure, guess, hold, imagine, judge, mean, opine, ponder, rate, reason, reckon for, regard, repute, say, study, suppose, take, think, Trow, try, understand, ween), arsyetoj (descant, dissert, dissertate, expostulate, justify, motivate, ratiocinate, rationalize, reason, recognize, speculate). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فكر مليا (contemplate, meditate, ponder, ruminate, think, weigh), ‏فكر (bethink, cerebrate, consider, contemplate, idea, meditate, reason, speculate on, think, think out, think over, thought), ‏تبصر (contemplate, follow smb. with one's eyes, insight, premeditation, prudence, shrewdness), ‏عكس الضوء, ‏إنعكس (be inverted, mirror, reflex, reverberate), ‏ألحق الأذى ب, ‏آذى (annoy, damage, disagree, harm, hurt, impair, injure, lacerate, make mischief, malign, offend, prejudice, prey on, smear, work mischief), ‏شان (dishonor, dishonour, stain). (various references)

Bulgarian 

разсъждавам (dissert, dissertate, ratiocinate, reason), говоря (converse, harangue, parley, shoot, slur, speak, talk, vocalize), отразявам се (be reflected, redound, reverberate, tell), отразявам (effect, give back, glance, glass, image, mirror, reverberate, throw back), обръщам (bring about, cant, convert, heave, invert, jib, jibe, notice, overset, overturn, pay, prong, reverse, revert, set, slew, slue, tip, tip over, turn, turn around, turn aside, turn over, turn round, twist, upset), прегъвам (bend, fold, turn, turn back), помислям си (consider, think). (various references)

Chinese 

映 (shine), 反射 (reflected, reflecting, reflection, reflex, reflexion, reflexive). (various references)

Czech

zrcadlit se (mirror), uvažovat (cogitate, ponder, ratiocinate, revolve, ruminate, think, think of), přemýšlet (contemplate, meditate, muse, speculate, study, think, think over), odrazit se (bounce, bounce back, glance off, head off, rebound, recoil), odrážet svìtlo. (various references)

Danish

kaste tilbage. (various references)

Dutch

terugkaatsen, spiegelen (mirroring), reflecteren. (various references)

Esperanto

respeguli (mirror), reflekti, speguli. (various references)

Farsi 

فکرکردن (Think), منتج شدن به , منعک س کردن , بازتاب دادن یایافتن , برگرداندن (Convert, Evoke, Rebut, Refract, Regurgitate, Repay, Retort, Return, Reverse, Turquoise, Upset, Vomit). (various references)

Finnish

tuumiskella (plan, ponder, think), tuumia (plan, ponder, think), tuumata (plan, ponder, think), tuumailla (plan, ponder, think), miettiä (consider, contemplate, meditate, think, think over, think to oneself), kuvastaa (mirror), heijastaa (radiate, throw back). (various references)

French

renvoyer (remove, return), refléter, réfléchir (reflect on). (various references)

German

reflektieren (bounce off, ponder, reverberate, to reflect), zurückwerfen (echo, put back, repel, repulse, return, reverberate, set back, throw back, throwback, to reflect, to set back, toss back). (various references)

Greek 

αντανακλώ (reverberate). (various references)

Hebrew 

לשקף (make visible, mirror), להתישב בדבר (meditate, ponder), להחזיר אור, להרהר (contemplate, meditate, muse, ponder, revolve, ruminate, think). (various references)

Hungarian

visszatükröz (mirror, to mirror, to reflect), visszasugároz (to reflect), kifejez (denote, embody, express, phrase, signify, to denote, to express, to phrase, to reflect, to register, to represent, to signify, to state, to voice, voice). (various references)

Indonesian

menggambarkan (depict, describe), mencerminkan, melantun (rebound, ricochet), berbias. (various references)

Italian

riflettere (be reflected, bethink, consider, deliberate, image, ponder, think, think about, think over). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

リビア山猫 (liberation, libido, Libyan wildcat, lift, liftback, living, living kitchen, living room, living room set, living stock, makeover, rebate, reboot, reference, reference guide, referencer, refinance, refine, reflation, reflection, reflective, reform instructor, reform plan, refrain, refresh, refreshment, repeat, repeater, replace, replicate, replication, reply, repression, reprint, reproduction, revision, rib, rib roast, rift, ripple, rivet, updating). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

リフレクト . (various references)

Korean 

반성하십시요. (various references)

Malagasy

mieritreritra. (various references)

Manx

smooinaghtyn (bethink, cogitate, cogitation, far-away, imagination, reflecting, think, thinking, thought), smooinaghey (think), aahoilshaghey (reflecting, reflection, republication, republish). (various references)

Pig Latin

eflectray.(various references)

Polish

przemyśleć (reflect on, think, think about). (various references)

Portuguese

refletir (bethink, consider, esteem, glass, glisten, image, meditate, mirror, reflect on, regard, return, reverberate, ruminate, see, speculate, take into account, think, think about, think over), espelhar (glass, image, mirror). (various references)

Romanian

reflecta (chew the cud, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, mirror, reflex, reverberate, ruminate), rãsfrânge (flap away, reverberate), supune (bend, bring under, crush, defeat, examine, keep under, overpower, present, propose, propound, subdue, subjugate, vanquish, win), se reflecta (reverberate), oglindi (depict, describe, mirror), medita (brood, coach, cogitate, contemplate, debate, meditate, muse, ruminate, study for, study on, think, tutor), gândi (believe, deem, hesitate, hope, imagine, reason, ruminate, suppose, think), face sã reflecte, chibzui (arrange, calculate, consider, ponderate, ruminate, think, weigh). (various references)

Russian 

отражать (be representative of, beat back, beat off, fend, fend off, mirror, parry, reverberate, typify, ward off, warded). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

reflektovati, razmisliti (bethink, think, think over), razmišljati (cogitate, contemplate, debate, deliberate, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, ruminate, speculate, think over), odraziti, odbiti (cast aside, counter, decline, deduct, deny, disallow, dock, drive back, fend off, fight off, keep off, knock off, overrule, parry, rebuff, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, stave off, strike up, throw back, turn away, turn back, turn down, ward off, wean), odbijati se (glance off, rebound). (various references)

Spanish

reflejar (mirror, reflected, return, throw back). (various references)

Swedish

reflektera, betänka (bear in mind, consider, reflect on, think, think about, think of), återspegla (mirror). (various references)

Turkish

yansıtmak (echo, externalize, mirror, picture, project, re echo, return, reverberate), ifade etmek (amount, be enunciative of, breathe, conceive, connote, couch, denote, describe, emit, enounce, express, figure, frame, give voice to, import, mean, purport, represent, sign, signify, state, utter, voice, word), düşünmek (allow, balance, be pensive, bethink oneself, cerebrate, cogitate, conceive, consider, consult, contemplate, deliberate, envision, excogitate, fancy, figure, give a thought, give thought to, imagine, intend, meditate, opine, reason, remember, ruminate, suppose, think, think of), düşünüp taşınmak (calculate, chew, cogitate, cogitate over, debate, debate with oneself, look round, mull over, ponder, ponder over, pore, reason, reason out, revolve, ruminate, think over, turn over, turn over in one's mind, weigh, worry out), aksettirmek, aksetmek (echo, mirror, reverberate). (various references)

Turkmen 

aяlamak (turn). (various references)

Ukrainian

відбиватися (bay, reverberate), відбивати (beat, beat back, fend off, image, imprint, mirror, repulse, reverberate, shed), віддзеркалювати. (various references)

Welsh

ymbwyllo (pause), pwyllo (consider, pause), adlewyrchu, adbelydru. (various references)

consulo, pondero, recogita, recogitabam, recogitat, recogitate, recogitet, reputabat, reputabit, reputabitur, reputabuntur, reputans, reputantes, reputas, reputat, reputata, reputatae, reputati, reputatum, reputatur, reputatus, reputavi, reputavimus, reputavit, reputent, reputentur, reputes, reputetur. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "reflect": reflectance, reflectances, reflected, reflecting, reflection, reflectional, reflections, reflective, reflectively, reflectiveness, reflectivenesses, reflectivities, reflectivity, reflectometer, reflectometers, reflectometries, reflectometry, reflector, reflectorize, reflectorized, reflectorizes, reflectorizing, reflectors, reflects. (additional references)

Words containing "reflect": antireflection, antireflective, nonreflecting, retroreflection, retroreflections, retroreflective, retroreflector, retroreflectors, unreflective. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Reflect" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Krefelt, refelect, Refelt, reflast, reflekt, reflesh, reflict, relecte, Relekto, rflect. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: lefter, refect, refelt, reflet, telfer, tercel.

-2 letters: cleft, creel, elect, erect, fleer, fleet, refel, relet, terce.

-3 letters: celt, cere, cete, clef, feel, feet, felt, fere, fete, flee, free, fret, leer, leet, left, reef, reel, reft, rete, teel, tele, tree, tref.

-4 letters: cee, cel, eel, eft, elf, ere, fee, fer, fet, lee, let, rec, ree.

+1 letter: fletcher, reflects.

+2 letters: deflector, electrify, fletchers, perfectly, reflected, reflector.

+3 letters: centerfold, deflectors, flichtered, florescent, forecastle, freckliest, pluperfect, reflecting, reflection, reflective, reflectors, refractile, respectful.

+4 letters: carefullest, centerfolds, certifiable, crestfallen, electrified, electrifies, electroform, fluorescent, forecastles, imperfectly, perfectible, pluperfects, prefectural, rectifiable, reflectance, reflections.

+5 letters: cheerfullest, chesterfield, conferential, craftspeople, efflorescent, electrifying, electroforms, fluorescents, forecastable, frenetically, gracefullest, olfactometer, perfectively, reflectances, reflectional, reflectively, reflectivity, reflectorize, refractively, respectfully, unreflective.