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reflecting upon

reflecting upon is the present participle and gerund of reflect upon.

Meaning of reflect upon

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To consider a weighty topic or idea.
    Synonyms:
    reflect on

Questions about reflecting upon

What is reflecting upon the present participle and gerund of?
Reflecting upon is the present participle and gerund of reflect upon.

Words near reflecting upon in the dictionary

  1. reflecting on
  2. reflecting pool
  3. reflecting pools
  4. reflecting telescope
  5. reflecting telescopes
  6. reflecting upon
  7. reflectingly
  8. reflectings
  9. reflectins
  10. reflection
  11. reflection mapping

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reflecting upon (page history and authors); reflect upon (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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