Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mirror
Participle: mirrored
Gerund: mirroring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mirror |
| you | mirror |
| he;she;it | mirrors |
| we | mirror |
| you | mirror |
| they | mirror |
Perfect
| I | have mirrored |
| you | have mirrored |
| he;she;it | has mirrored |
| we | have mirrored |
| you | have mirrored |
| they | have mirrored |
Past
| I | mirrored |
| you | mirrored |
| he;she;it | mirrored |
| we | mirrored |
| you | mirrored |
| they | mirrored |
Pluperfect
| I | had mirrored |
| you | had mirrored |
| he;she;it | had mirrored |
| we | had mirrored |
| you | had mirrored |
| they | had mirrored |
Future
| I | will mirror |
| you | will mirror |
| he;she;it | will mirror |
| we | will mirror |
| you | will mirror |
| they | will mirror |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mirrored |
| you | will have mirrored |
| he;she;it | will have mirrored |
| we | will have mirrored |
| you | will have mirrored |
| they | will have mirrored |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mirror |
| you | mirror |
| he;she;it | mirror |
| we | mirror |
| you | mirror |
| they | mirror |
Perfect
| I | have mirrored |
| you | have mirrored |
| he;she;it | have mirrored |
| we | have mirrored |
| you | have mirrored |
| they | have mirrored |
Imperfect
| I | mirrored |
| you | mirrored |
| he;she;it | mirrored |
| we | mirrored |
| you | mirrored |
| they | mirrored |
Pluperfect
| I | had mirrored |
| you | had mirrored |
| he;she;it | had mirrored |
| we | had mirrored |
| you | had mirrored |
| they | had mirrored |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mirror |
| you | would mirror |
| he;she;it | would mirror |
| we | would mirror |
| you | would mirror |
| they | would mirror |
Perfect
| I | would have mirrored |
| you | would have mirrored |
| he;she;it | would have mirrored |
| we | would have mirrored |
| you | would have mirrored |
| they | would have mirrored |
Imperative
| you | mirror |
| we | Let's mirror |
| you | mirror |
Verbs conjugated like 'mirror'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mirror'
mirrour,
bemirror,
error,
marrow,
merrow,
minor,
morrow,
remirror,
airdrop,
armor,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to use as a model or pattern
- ape, copy, ditto, emulate, imitate, match, mime, mimic, mock, parallel, reproduce, simulate
- reflect
- represent, illustrate, epitomize, embody, exemplify, symbolize, typify, personify
Antonyms
- reflect
- disregard, divert, dissipate, idle
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1225, from O.Fr.
mireor "a reflecting glass," earlier
miradoir (11c.), from
mirer "look at," from V.L.
*mirare, from L.
mirari "to wonder at, admire" (see miracle). Fig. usage is attested from c.1300. The verb. meaning "to reflect" is first attested 1820 in Keats's "Lamia." Used in divination since classical and biblical times; mirrors in modern England are the subject of at least 14 known superstitions, according to folklorists. Belief that breaking one brings bad luck is attested from 1777.
2. From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor (“mirror”, literally “looker, watcher”), from mirer (“look at”), from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Displaced native Middle English schewere, schawere, from Old English sċēawere (“mirror”, literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "spy". See: Latin '
mīror'.
Sample Sentences
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The placement of the paintings mirrored the positions of the windows on the opposite wall.
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He tried to mirror Elvis's life by copying his fashion and mannerisms.
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“Does he mirror?” one therapist, who came to our home, asked.
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“What is mirroring?” I asked back.
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“Does he mimic what you do, like Simon Says?” [2023, Naomi Klein, “Autism and the Anti-Vax Prequel”, in Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:]