Definition of reflects Reflects

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What does reflects mean?

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reflects, verb, present, 3rd person singular of reflect (infinitive).

WordNet

Verb reflects, reflecting, reflected
reflect - be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects"
		shine
		give off, emit, give out have as a by-product; "The big cities gave off so many wonderful American qualities"
		resplend be resplendent or radiant; to shine brightly; "The Queen's garments resplended in velvet and jewels"
		glare shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us"
		opalesce exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal; "This nitrate opalesces under certain conditions"
		luminesce be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence
		coruscate, sparkle, scintillate be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"
reflect - to throw or bend back (from a surface); "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium"
		reverberate
		acoustics the study of the physical properties of sound
		reverberate treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; "reverberate ore"
		mirror reflect or resemble; "The plane crash in Milan mirrored the attack in the World Trade Center"
reflect - give evidence of the quality of; "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student"
		evidence, manifest, attest, demonstrate, certify reveal its presence or make an appearance; "the ghost manifests each year on the same day"
		reflect give evidence of the quality of; "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student"
		mirror reflect or resemble; "The plane crash in Milan mirrored the attack in the World Trade Center"
reflect - give evidence of a certain behavior; "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him"
		reflect give evidence of the quality of; "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student"
		evidence, manifest, attest, demonstrate, certify reveal its presence or make an appearance; "the ghost manifests each year on the same day"
reflect - show an image of; "her sunglasses reflected his image"
		show give evidence of, as of records; "The diary shows his distress that evening"
		optics optical properties; "the optics of a telescope"
reflect - manifest or bring back; "This action reflects his true beliefs"
		designate, indicate, show, point assign a name or title to
reflect - 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"
		chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
		cerebrate, cogitate, think consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind
		premeditate think or reflect beforehand or in advance; "I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake"
		theologise, theologize make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects
		introspect reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings
		bethink consider or ponder something carefully; "She bethought her of their predicament"
		cogitate consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind
		wonder, question have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"
		puzzle be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure"
		study, consider learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"

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Wiktionary

reflect (Verb)
To bend back light, etc. from a surface.
reflect (Verb)
To be bent back light, etc. from a surface.
reflect (Verb)
To mirror, or show the image of something.
reflect (Verb)
To be mirrored.
reflect (Verb)
To agree with; to closely follow.
reflect (Verb)
To give evidence of someone's or something's character etc.
reflect (Verb)
To think seriously; to ponder or consider.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

reflect (v.)
To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat.
reflect (v.)
To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
reflect (v. i.)
To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams.
reflect (v. i.)
To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return.
reflect (v. i.)
To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules.
reflect (v. i.)
To cast reproach; to cause censure or dishonor.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

reflect
To actively and consciously use one's mental powers, usually to form ideas.
reflect
To give evidence of the quality of.
reflect
To return a smooth, shiny surface, the image of a body.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

reflect
rē-flekt′, v.t. to bend back: to throw back after striking upon any surface, as light, &c.—v.i. to be thrown back, as light, heat, &c.: to revolve in the mind: to consider attentively or deeply: to ponder: to cast reproach or censure (with on, upon).—p.adj. Reflect′ed, cast or thrown back: turned upward: reflexed.—adjs. Reflect′ible, capable of being reflected; Reflect′ing, throwing back light, heat, &c.: given to reflection: thoughtful.—adv. Reflect′ingly, with reflection: with censure.—Reflecting telescope, a form of telescope in which the image of the object to be viewed is produced by a concave reflector instead of a lens, as in the refracting telescope. [Fr.,—L. reflectĕre, reflexum—re-, again, flectĕre, to bend.]