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mirror

MEER-ur/ˈmiɹ.ɚ/MIR-uh/ˈmɪɹ.ə/

Pluralmirrors

Verbmirrors, mirroring, mirrored

8 meanings of mirror

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  1. 1
    glass surfacenouncountable
    A smooth piece of glass that shows a picture of whatever is in front of it.

    Like the still surface of a pond that shows your face when you look down at it.

    She looked in the mirror to fix her hair before school.

    The bathroom mirror was foggy after his hot shower.

    UsageSay look in the mirror to see yourself.

    Similarglass

  2. 2
    be just likeverbtransitive
    To be the same as something else, or to copy it closely.

    Kids often mirror what their parents do at home.

    Her career mirrored her mother's almost exactly.

    Similarimitate, copy, mimic, echo, reflect

  3. 3
    reflection ofnounfigurativelycountable
    A person, thing, or event that shows what something else is really like.

    The movie is a mirror of life in a small town.

    His messy desk was a mirror of his busy mind.

    UsageOften hold up a mirror to something.

    Similarreflection, image, picture, barometer

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  4. 4
    match reversedverbtransitive
    To show a copy of something the way a mirror does, or to match it with the sides reversed.

    The two sides of a butterfly's wings mirror each other.

    The still lake mirrored the trees upside down.

    Similarreflect, match, duplicate, replicate

  5. 5
    duplicate servernouncountable
    A website or computer that keeps an exact copy of the information from another site.

    Like a copy of a book kept in a second library, so more people can borrow it.

    The main site was down, so she downloaded the file from a mirror.

    Popular free programs are often available from mirrors around the world.

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  6. 6
    host a copyverbtransitive
    To make an exact copy of a website or other computer information in another place.

    You can mirror your photos to another computer so you never lose them.

    The team mirrored the website so people far away could load it faster.

    Similarreplicate, copy, clone, duplicate

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Less common meanings

  1. 7
    noun
    A kind of carp, a fish with large shiny scales that look like small mirrors.
  2. 8
    noun
    A book from the past that told kings and princes how to rule well.

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Origin

It comes through Old French from a Latin word meaning "to wonder at" or "look at." It replaced an older English word for mirror.

Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 3 facts