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reflect */*/*/ — UK [rɪˈflekt] / US verb Word forms reflect : present tense I/you/we/they reflect he/she/it reflects present participle reflecting past tense reflected past participle reflected 1) a) [transitive] physics if a surface reflects something, you can… … English dictionary
reflect — re|flect [ rı flekt ] verb *** 1. ) transitive to show the existence or nature of something: He said that the statement did not reflect his own views. be reflected in: Public anger is reflected in the latest opinion polls. 2. ) intransitive to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
reflect — [[t]rɪfle̱kt[/t]] ♦♦ reflects, reflecting, reflected 1) VERB If something reflects an attitude or situation, it shows that the attitude or situation exists or it shows what it is like. [V n] The Los Angeles riots reflected the bitterness between… … English dictionary
reflect — verb 1 send back light/heat/sound ADVERB ▪ dimly, dully ▪ The sun reflected dully off the stone walls. ▪ In Milton s poem, Satan, even after his fall, dimly reflects his former glory. ▪ directly … Collocations dictionary
reflect — re|flect W1S2 [rıˈflekt] v ↑reflection ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(image)¦ 2¦(be a sign of something)¦ 3¦(light/heat/sound)¦ 4¦(think about something)¦ Phrasal verbs reflect on/upon somebody/something ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: reflectere … Dictionary of contemporary English
reflect*/*/*/ — [rɪˈflekt] verb 1) [T] if a surface reflects something, you can see the image of that thing on the surface I caught a glimpse of them reflected in the mirror.[/ex] 2) [I/T] if something reflects light, heat etc, the light, heat etc comes back off … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
off-balance-sheet finance — OBSF A method of financing a company s activities so that some or all of the finance and the corresponding assets do not appear on the balance sheet of the company. By making use of OBSF a company can enhance its accounting ratios, such as the… … Accounting dictionary
off-balance-sheet finance — OBSF A method of financing a company s activities so that some or all of the finance and the corresponding assets do not appear on the balance sheet of the company. By making use of OBSF a company can enhance its accounting ratios, such as the… … Big dictionary of business and management
reflect — v 1. mirror, return, give back, cast back, throw back, send back, rebound; echo, reecho, repeat; copy, imitate, ditto, reproduce; resonate, resound, re percuss, reverberate, reply; flashback, flash. 2. manifest, exhibit, show, evince, display,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Mirror cut-off — is a term used in photography for a problem that can occur within a reflex camera. This occurs when the mirror in the camera is smaller than the focusing screen and using long (telephoto) lenses. When light exits a non telephoto lens, the light… … Wikipedia
