(~s)
1.
A ~ is an image that you can see in a mirror or in glass or water.
Meg stared at her ~ in the bedroom mirror.
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2.
Reflection is the process by which light and heat are sent back from a surface and do not pass through it.
...the ~ of a beam of light off a mirror.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If you say that something is a ~ of a particular person’s attitude or of a situation, you mean that it is caused by that attitude or situation and therefore reveals something about it.
Inhibition in adulthood seems to be very clearly a ~ of a person’s experiences as a child.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
4.
If something is a ~ or a sad ~ on a person or thing, it gives a bad impression of them.
Infection with head lice is no ~ on personal hygiene...
The library is unique and its break-up would be a sad ~ on the value we place on our heritage.
N-SING: usu N on n
5.
Reflection is careful thought about a particular subject. Your ~s are your thoughts about a particular subject.
After days of ~ she decided to write back...
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
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If someone admits or accepts something on ~, they admit or accept it after having thought carefully about it.
On ~, he says, he very much regrets the comments.
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