mirror

CEFRA2

/ˈmɪɹə/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A surface that reflects an image.

  2. 02

    verb

    To copy or closely reflect something.

Examples

  • Hasn't he looked at himself in a mirror?

  • He looked at himself in the mirror.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈmiɹɚ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A website or server that contains replicated data from another site.

  2. An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.

  3. A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.

More examples

In context

  • How many times a day do you look at yourself in the mirror?

  • He broke the mirror with the pickaxe.

  • I had a look in the mirror to see if the blood had come off my face.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor (“mirror”, literally “looker, watcher”), from mirer (“look at”), from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Displaced native Middle English schewere, schawere, from Old English sċēawere (“mirror”, literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "spy".