Thursday, December 23, 2010

to give back or exhibit as an image, likeness, or outline. (3/365)



Verb

  • S: (v) reflect (manifest or bring back) "This action reflects his true beliefs"
  • S: (v) chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate (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"
  • S: (v) reflect, reverberate (to throw or bend back (from a surface)) "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium"
  • S: (v) reflect, shine (be bright by reflecting or casting light) "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects"
  • S: (v) reflect (show an image of) "her sunglasses reflected his image"
  • S: (v) reflect (give evidence of a certain behavior) "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him"
  • S: (v) reflect (give evidence of the quality of) "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student"
Definition of 'reflect' from Princeton's WordNet

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