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puhekieltä To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
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A mirror reflects the light that shines on it.
puhekieltä To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.
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The moonlight reflected from the surface of water.
puhekieltä To mirror, or show the image of something.
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The shop window reflected his image as he walked past.
puhekieltä To be mirror mirrored.
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His image reflected from the shop window as he walked past.
puhekieltä To agree with; to closely follow.
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Entries in English dictionaries aim to reflect common usage.
puhekieltä To give evidence of someone's or something's character etc.
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The teams victory reflects the Captain's abilities.''
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The teachers ability reflects well on the school.''
(RQ:Schuster Hepaticae V)
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get(..)
(senseid) puhekieltä To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
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People do that sort of thing every day, without ever stopping to reflect on the consequences.
1985, w:Justin Richards|Justin Richards, Option Lock, page 229:
- Not for the first time, he reflected that it was not so much the speeches that strained the nerves as the palaver that went with them.
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