Meaning of reflection | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
   countable, uncountable
2. The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).
   countable, uncountable
3. Something, such as an image, that is reflected.
   countable, uncountable
4. Careful thought or consideration.
   countable, uncountable
5. A representative manifestation or outcome of a condition, trend or trait.
   countable, uncountable
6. Used to make an implied criticism.
   countable, uncountable
7. The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.
   countable, uncountable
8. The folding of a part; a fold.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The dog barked at his own reflection in the mirror.”

“A body of black that carried no reflection.”

“After careful reflection, I have decided not to vote for that proposition.”

“But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.”

“Our recent results are a reflection of the progress we've made as a team.”

“Zuckerberg said last month that the name change was a reflection of how much Facebook had evolved.”

“It is a reflection on his character that he never came back to see them.”

“DynamicMBeanFacade uses Java's reflection API to introspect the managed resource and discover data type information for attributes.”

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