reflecting on

Verb

reflect on (third-person singular simple present reflects on, present participle reflecting on, simple past and past participle reflected on)

1. (transitive) To think carefully about (something), and give it due consideration.
   • She reflected on her country's role in history.
2. (transitive) 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
3. To give an impression of (used with an adverb).
   • The recent spate of vandalism by pupils does not reflect well on the school.