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# {{intransitive}} If light or sound '''reflects''' off something, it hits it and goes in a different direction. | # {{intransitive}} If light or sound '''reflects''' off something, it hits it and goes in a different direction. | ||
#: ''Sunlight was '''reflecting''' off the glass.'' | #: ''Sunlight was '''reflecting''' off the glass.'' | ||
# {{intransitive}} If you '''reflect''' about something, you think about it carefully. <> yi [[tunani]] kan wani abu. | # {{intransitive}} If you '''reflect''' about something, you think about it carefully. <> yi [[tunani]] kan wani abu. yi [[tsokaci]], yi [[zulumi]] [https://archive.org/details/englishhausadict00newm/page/220] | ||
#: ''In jail he's had time to '''reflect''' upon what he did and how many lives he touched through his actions.'' | #: ''In jail he's had time to '''reflect''' upon what he did and how many lives he touched through his actions.'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:43, 4 March 2019
Pronunciation
Verb
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Plain form (yanzu) |
3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) |
Past tense (ya wuce) |
Past participle (ya wuce) |
Present participle (ana cikin yi) |
- (transitive) If x reflects y, x shows or matches y, or x is affected by y. <> dadacewa da, yin alak'a da.
- These words didn't accurately reflect his thoughts.
- Changing fashion reflected the changing population.
- Greensburg's population had fallen steadily for decades, reflecting a trend in many small farming towns in Kansas.
- This concept is simplistic and clearly does not reflect reality.
- Attitudes towards religion also reflect historical factors.
- Politicians can maintain their popularity only if their decisions reflect public preferences.
- His letters began to reflect his growing anger.
- The teachers' beliefs are reflected in the use of technology in the classroom.
- Many of the concerns of family members reflect the need for information about the disease.
- Waiting list numbers don't reflect the actual need.
- Our values are reflected in and shaped by advertising.
- (transitive) If x reflects y, the light from y can be seen in x. <> yi k'yalli [1]
- The mirrors on the stairway reflected ladies in white, blue, and pink dresses.
- (intransitive) If light or sound reflects off something, it hits it and goes in a different direction.
- Sunlight was reflecting off the glass.
- (intransitive) If you reflect about something, you think about it carefully. <> yi tunani kan wani abu. yi tsokaci, yi zulumi [2]
- In jail he's had time to reflect upon what he did and how many lives he touched through his actions.