reflects
- 1Third-person singular simple present of reflect.
The calm lake reflects the surrounding mountains almost perfectly.
The new policy reflects a clear shift in the company's priorities.
Note
One spelling serves the verb with or without an object. With one, a surface or a lake reflects light or an image. Without one, the light or image itself reflects, bouncing back or appearing mirrored. With an object it also does figurative work: a policy reflects a shift, a choice reflects someone's character, either following it closely or giving evidence of it.
Sunlight reflects from the surface of the water.
Her face reflects clearly in the still pond.
reflects is a form of reflect
reflect, verb: To bend back light, heat, or sound from a surface so it travels in a new direction. Full entry
- Forms
- reflectreflects he/she/itreflecting -ing formreflected past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- reflect → reflects: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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