Reflection Meaning
/ɹɪˈflɛkʃən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
nounThe property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).
Sentence Examples
A week's reflection led to a new plan.
After mature reflection, I've decided to accept their offer.
He admired his reflection in the mirror.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She looked at her own ____ in the calm lake and fixed her hair.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The calm lake offered a perfect ____ of the mountains and sky above it.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English refleccion, refleccioun, refleccioune, reflection, from Middle French reflection, reflexion, and its source Late Latin reflexiō, from the participle stem of reflectō. The current spelling is influenced by reflect. Equivalent to reflect + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A body of black that carried no reflection."
— 1997, In Flames, “Jotun”, in Whoracle:
"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."
— 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
"Zuckerberg said last month that the name change was a reflection of how much Facebook had evolved."
— 2021 November 11, “When a Logo Doesn’t Risk It All: Meta’s Brand Is Designed for Unknown Worlds”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2023:
"DynamicMBeanFacade uses Java's reflection API to introspect the managed resource and discover data type information for attributes."
— 2002, Java Enterprise Best Practices, O'Reilly:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She looked at her own ____ in the calm lake and fixed her hair.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The calm lake offered a perfect ____ of the mountains and sky above it.