# reflected

Pronunciation: say "ri-FLEK-tid" /ɹɪˈflɛktɪd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of reflect. — simple past and past participle of reflect
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of reflect. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The calm water reflected the city skyline at dusk._
   - _The latest figures reflected a sharp rise in demand._

## Adjective

2. Bent or thrown back from a surface, especially in the case of incident sound or light.
   - Simple: Sent back from a surface, the way light bounces off a mirror.
   - _The reflected glare from the lake made it hard to see the shore._
   - _Engineers measured the reflected sound to map the shape of the cave._
3. Gained indirectly from another person's work or success rather than one's own.
   - Simple: Coming to you because of what someone else did, not your own work.
   - _The assistant basked in the reflected status of working for a celebrity._
   - _Much of the family's reflected prestige came from a single distinguished ancestor._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/reflected (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).