- [countable] a piece of special flat glass that reflects images, so that you can see yourself when you look in it
- in the mirror He looked at himself in the mirror.
- Remember to look in the mirror (= in a car, when driving) before signalling.
- the bathroom mirror
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesa2- He was busy admiring himself in the mirror.
- She stared at her face in the mirror.
- We hung a mirror over the fireplace.
- a large mirror hanging on the wall behind him
- She glanced at her reflection in the mirror.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bathroom
- bedroom
- compact
- …
- use
- glance in
- look in
- …
- reflect something
- reveal something
- show something
- …
- image
- reflection
- in a/the mirror
- a mirror of something [singular] something that shows what something else is like
- The face is the mirror of the soul.
- Dickens' novels are a mirror of his times.
- (also mirror site)(computing) a website that is a copy of another website but that has a different address on the internet
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French mirour, based on Latin mirare ‘look at’. Early senses also included ‘a crystal used in magic’ and ‘a person deserving imitation’.
Idioms
See mirror in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee mirror in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishsmoke and mirrors
- the fact of hiding the truth with information that is not important or relevant
- There's a lot of smoke and mirrors in the financing of this film.
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