reflected on
reflected on is the simple past and past participle of reflect on.
Meaning of reflect on
Verb
reflect on (third-person singular simple present reflects on, present participle reflecting on, simple past and past participle reflected on)
- To think carefully about (something), and give it due consideration.
- She reflected on her country's role in history.
- To access details of (a data type, etc.) at run-time using reflection.
- It is sometimes useful to be able to reflect on class or interface types in native code as well.1999, Sheng Liang, The Java Native Interface
- To give an impression of (used with an adverb).
- The recent spate of vandalism by pupils does not reflect well on the school.
Questions about reflected on
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- Reflected on is the simple past and past participle of reflect on.
Words near reflected on in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: reflected on (page history and authors); reflect on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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