reflect upon in English

Forms: reflects upon [present, singular, third-person], reflecting upon [participle, present], reflected upon [participle, past], reflected upon [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} reflect upon (third-person singular simple present reflects upon, present participle reflecting upon, simple past and past participle reflected upon)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "reflects upon",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "reflecting upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "reflected upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "reflected upon",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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      "glosses": [
        "To consider a weighty topic or idea."
      ],
      "id": "en-reflect_upon-en-verb-VHvrrGyb",
      "links": [
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          "consider"
        ],
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        ],
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          "idea",
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "reflect on"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "consider a topic or idea",
          "word": "meditor"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "consider a topic or idea",
          "word": "huritau"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "reflect upon"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "reflects upon",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "reflecting upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "reflected upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "reflected upon",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To consider a weighty topic or idea."
      ],
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          "consider",
          "consider"
        ],
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        [
          "idea",
          "idea"
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    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "reflect on"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "consider a topic or idea",
      "word": "meditor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "consider a topic or idea",
      "word": "huritau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reflect upon"
}

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"reflect upon" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms