reflect

verb/rɪˈflekt/CEFR B2

চিন্তা করা, মনন করা

Meaning

To think quietly and carefully about something.

Example sentences

  • Reflect on your choices.তোমার সিদ্ধান্তগুলো নিয়ে ভাবো।
  • She reflected on the day.সে দিনটি নিয়ে চিন্তা করল।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: ponder, contemplate

Similar words, and what each means

  • ponder

    গভীরভাবে চিন্তা করা

    To think about something slowly and seriously.

  • contemplate

    গভীরভাবে ভাবা, ধ্যান করা

    To think about something deeply for a long time.

  • meditate

    ধ্যান করা, গভীরভাবে ভাবা

    To think deeply and quietly, often to relax the mind.

  • muse

    ভাবনায় ডুবে থাকা

    To think about something in a slow, dreamy way.

Word family

Words built on the same root. Learning them together is faster than learning them apart.

  • reflectiveadjectiveআলো প্রতিফলিত করে এমন, প্রতিফলক

“reflect” elsewhere on EnglishBD

  • With nothing in front of it, it has nothing to reflect.

    Reflexive Pronouns: myself, yourself, himself →

  • Its screen works on an entirely different principle. The page is formed from tiny particles that reflect whatever light is in the room, exactly as paper does — so it is easiest to read in bright sun, and it draws power only when the page changes, which is why a charge lasts weeks rather than hours.

    e-reader — dictionary →

  • There is no blue pigment in them at all. The colour is made by microscopic structures that split and reflect light, which is why it shifts as you move — and why the feather, ground to powder, is simply brown.

    iridescent colour — dictionary →

Where this word is used

Check yourself

  1. “reflect” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?

    • • তুলে ধরা
    • • চিন্তা করা, মনন করা
    • • বাজেয়াপ্ত হওয়া, শাস্তি বা নিয়মভঙ্গে অধিকার হারানো
    • • ধারাবাহিকভাবে প্রকাশ করা
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    চিন্তা করা, মনন করা — reflect (verb) — চিন্তা করা, মনন করা. To think quietly and carefully about something.

  2. Which word is closest in meaning to “reflect”?

    • • forgive
    • • ponder
    • • enchant
    • • tilt
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    ponder — ponder — গভীরভাবে চিন্তা করা. To think about something slowly and seriously.

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