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How to pronounce reflect in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms shine
Type of give out, emit, give off
Has types luminesce, sparkle, resplend, scintillate, opalesce, coruscate, glare
Derivation reflective


Drive carefully--the wet road reflects.
Type Words
Synonyms chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, ruminate, speculate, think over
Type of think, cogitate, cerebrate
Has types wonder, bethink, cogitate, consider, introspect, premeditate, puzzle, question, study, theologise, theologize
Derivation reflective
Type Words
Synonyms reverberate
Has types mirror, reverberate
Verb group reverberate
Derivation reflector


Sound is reflected well in this auditorium.
Type Words
Type of evidence, attest, demonstrate, certify, manifest


His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him.
Type Words
Type of attest, demonstrate, certify, evidence, manifest
Has types mirror


The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student.
Type Words
Type of point, show, designate, indicate


This action reflects his true beliefs.
Type Words
Type of show


her sunglasses reflected his image.

Examples of reflect

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The ACLU says this case and others reflect a pattern of failures at the lockups.
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It would be easy for Branch to reflect on what might have been if he never left.
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It really made me reflect on my negative thoughts about this years senior class.
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When you reflect on something, usually you think back because something is over.
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Adjectives typically reflect the meaning of corresponding nouns, but not always.
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To get the right effect, rooms must have areas that absorb sound and reflect it.
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School textbooks were rewritten to reflect the BJP's ultra-nationalist ideology.
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Such return assumptions partly reflect the heady years of the 1990s bull market.
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The asterisk next to her status doesn't reflect any question about her pitching.
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  • Manifest or bring back; "This action reflects his true beliefs"
  • Chew over: 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"
  • To throw or bend back (from a surface); "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium"
  • Be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects"
  • Show an image of; "her sunglasses reflected his image"
  • Give evidence of a certain behavior; "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him"
  • (Reflected (song)) Reflected is the first single by the rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1969 from the album Pretties for You.
  • (Reflection (1969 album)) Steamhammer (aka Reflection) was the debut album issued in 1969 by the British blues-rock band Steamhammer. ...
  • (Reflection (band)) Reflection was formed in 1992 in Dortmund, Germany. Like their countrymates Kreator and Destruction, they play thrash metal.