- mirror
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ bathroom, bedroom▪ compact, dresser (AmE), make-up, pocket, shaving▪ hand (BrE), hand-held (AmE)▪ full-length, tall▪ framed, ornate▪ antique▪ two-way▪
He watched them through a two-way mirror.
▪ concave, convex▪ oval, round▪ rear, rear-view, side-view (AmE), wing (BrE)▪Always check your mirror before pulling out to overtake.
▪ funhouse (AmE)▪ broken, crackedVERB + MIRROR▪ use▪ glance in, look in, look into▪ admire yourself in, examine yourself in, look at yourself/your face in▪He was busy admiring himself in the mirror.
▪ face, sit at, stand in front of▪ check▪ catch sight of sb/sth in, see sb/sth in▪ hang▪We hung a mirror over the fireplace.
▪ break, crack, smashMIRROR + VERB▪ reflect sth, reveal sth, show sth▪ hang▪a large mirror hanging on the wall behind him
MIRROR + NOUN▪ image, reflection (esp. AmE)▪Art can be seen as a mirror image of society.
PREPOSITION▪ in a/the mirror▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}She stared at her face in the mirror.
verbADVERB▪ closely▪The trends here closely mirror those in America.
▪ exactly, faithfully, perfectly▪ almostVERB + MIRROR▪ seem toPHRASES▪ be mirrored by sth, be mirrored in sth▪The jump in business confidence has been mirrored by the increase in employment.
▪ be mirrored in sb's face, be mirrored on sb's face▪The shock was mirrored on her face.
Mirror is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑eye
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
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Mirror — Mir ror, n. [OE. mirour, F. miroir, OF. also mireor, fr. (assumed) LL. miratorium, fr. mirare to look at, L. mirari to wonder. See {Marvel}, and cf. {Miracle}, {Mirador}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A looking glass or a speculum; any glass or polished… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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