different between reflect vs redo

English

Etymology

From Old French reflecter (“to bend back, turn back”), from Latin reflect? (“I reflect”), from re- (“again”) + flect? (“I bend, I curve”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???fl?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.

   A mirror reflects the light that shines on it.

2. (intransitive) To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.

   The moonlight reflected from the surface of water.

3. (transitive) To mirror, or show the image of something.

   The shop window reflected his image as he walked past.

4. (intransitive) To be mirrored.

   His image reflected from the shop window as he walked past.

5. (transitive) To agree with; to closely follow.

   Entries in English dictionaries aim to reflect common usage.

6. (transitive) To give evidence of someone's or something's character etc.

   The team's victory reflects the Captain's abilities.

   The teacher's ability reflects well on the school.
8. (intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
   • 1985, Justin Richards, Option Lock, page 229:

     Not for the first time, he reflected that it was not so much the speeches that strained the nerves as the palaver that went with them.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ponder

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

re- +? do

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /?i?du/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /??idu/

Verb

redo (third-person singular simple present redoes, present participle redoing, simple past redid, past participle redone)

1. To do again.

   Synonym: rework

   Antonym: undo

Translations

Noun

redo (plural redos)

1. A repeated action; a doing again, refurbishment, etc.

Anagrams

• Dore, EDRO, Oder, dero, doer, orde, rode, roed

Amis

Adjective

redo

1. uniform; consistent

References

• 2017, Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis (?????????) (in Mandarin Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples.

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?do

Verb

redo

1. first-person singular present indicative of redare

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish r?þo, probably from Middle Low German r?de, reide.Cognate with Danish rede, Icelandic reiður.

Pronunciation

Adjective

redo (comparative mer redo, superlative mest redo)

1. ready; prepared to face whatever is coming one's way

Declension

No inflected forms.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

redo

1. obsolete plural form of red, past tense of rida.

References