MIRROR


Meaning of MIRROR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mɪrə(r) ]

( mirrors, mirroring, mirrored)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

A mirror is a flat piece of glass which reflects light, so that when you look at it you can see yourself reflected in it.

He absent-mindedly looked at himself in the mirror...

N-COUNT

• mir‧rored

...a mirrored ceiling.

ADJ

2.

If something mirrors something else, it has similar features to it, and therefore seems like a copy or representation of it.

The book inevitably mirrors my own interests and experiences...

= reflect

VERB : V n

3.

If you see something reflected in water, you can say that the water mirrors it. ( LITERARY )

...the sudden glitter where a newly-flooded field mirrors the sky...

= reflect

VERB : V n

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