reflected
- 1Simple past and past participle of reflect. Use this form for something that already happened.
The still lake reflected the snowy peaks above it.
Her tired voice reflected how hard the week had been.
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- 2Sent back from a surface, the way light bounces off a mirror.
Like a ball thrown at a wall that bounces straight back to you.
The reflected sunlight dazzled the drivers on the highway.
We followed the reflected light back to the small mirror on the wall.
Oppositedirect
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- 3Coming to you because of what someone else did, not your own work.
Like getting praise just because your best friend won the prize.
She enjoyed the reflected glory of her brother's championship win.
His reflected fame faded once the famous singer left town.
Similarvicarious, secondhand
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reflected is a form of reflect
reflect, verb: To throw back light, heat, or sound that hits a surface. Full entry
- Forms
- reflectreflects he/she/itreflecting -ing formreflected past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- reflect → reflected: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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