reflection
                                      // reflections
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                                      A reflection of a person's attitude or a situation indicates that
                                      the attitude or situation exists.
                                      Their behaviour was a reflection of their very different
                                      personalities.
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                                      A reflection is also a situation or event which has the effect of
                                      making people aware of a particular aspect of someone or
                                      something.
                                      This is a very sad reflection on the state of the Labour Party.
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                                      A reflection is an image that you can see in a mirror or in
                                      water.
                                      She was standing there looking at her reflection in the mirror.
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                                      Reflection is the process by which light and heat are sent back
                                      from a surface and do not pass through it; a technical use
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                                      Reflection is thought. You can refer to your thoughts about
                                      something as your reflections.
                                      `You ought to take it,' she said, after a moment's reflection.
                                      Furious flashes of light jolted me out of my reflections.
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