"reflective" meaning in English

See reflective in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɹɪˈflɛktɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reflective.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more reflective [comparative], most reflective [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛktɪv Etymology: reflect + -ive Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|reflect|ive}} reflect + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} reflective (comparative more reflective, superlative most reflective)
  1. That reflects, or redirects back to the source. Translations (That reflects, or redirects back to the source): отразяващ (otrazjavašt) (Bulgarian), reflector (Catalan), reflectant (Catalan), heijastava (Finnish), reflector [masculine] (Galician), frithchaiteach (Irish), reflexivo [masculine] (Portuguese), reflectiv (Romanian), reflexivo (Spanish), reflectante (Spanish), speglande (Swedish), yansıtıcı (Turkish), adlewyrchol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-reflective-en-adj-FE5DWrrL Disambiguation of 'That reflects, or redirects back to the source': 84 6 1 6 4
  2. Pondering, especially thinking back on the past. Translations (Pondering, especially thinking back on the past): замислен (zamislen) (Bulgarian), mietteliäs (Finnish), réflectif (French), αναστοχαστικός (anastochastikós) (Greek), cuimhneach (Irish), riflessivo (Italian), reflexivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-reflective-en-adj-XEd5y8jb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 34 2 26 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 35 2 23 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 16 50 5 15 15 Disambiguation of 'Pondering, especially thinking back on the past': 3 91 1 3 2
  3. That reveals or shows; revealing; indicative of.
    Sense id: en-reflective-en-adj-TMml7sY0
  4. (computing, programming) Involving reflection. Categories (topical): Computing, Programming
    Sense id: en-reflective-en-adj-20Y~VDI5 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  5. (grammar) Reciprocal. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-reflective-en-adj-bdmXw9eD Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: reflectivity, unreflective Coordinate_terms: refractive

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