Used in a Sentence

reflexes

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for reflexes.

Editorial note

Let us take advantage of our natural reflexes by mapping code to more than just text and syntax highlighting.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of reflexes gathered in one view.

noun

An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.

noun

The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.

noun

(linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for reflexes.

noun

An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.

noun

The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.

noun

(linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.

noun

(linguistics, rare) The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.

Example sentences

1

Let us take advantage of our natural reflexes by mapping code to more than just text and syntax highlighting.

2

Physical reflexes and adrenaline responses operate in different ways when someone is perceiving real operations rather than an obvious simulation.

3

Imagine the cunning of a human brain, enhanced with the senses and reflexes of robotics.

4

There's awesome game which improves twitch reflexes and feels like nice exercise for brain: osu!

5

Drivers become more dangerous as they get older, and their reflexes, vision, situational attention/awareness decline.

6

If you don't sleep enough, your reflexes will be pretty bad and that is just as bad as not having functioning breaks.

7

The learning process was slow and comical until I started having Dvorak reflexes on a Qwerty keyboard.

8

We are engaging with other people (most of the time), working reflexes, strategy, hand eye coordination, etc.

9

They had human reflexes and took frequent breaks, ate, slept, even took vacations.

10

I got to know how music retards your reflexes by playing a reaction time test.

11

Merely understanding the laws of physics won't make your muscles strong enough, or your reflexes fast enough to go out there and actually catch a ball.

12

Nothing goes over my head, my reflexes are too fast.

Quote examples

1

There's a whole psychology there which is missed by the usual "blame everything on the rich" reflexes.

2

While this may teach a "pocket-simon" memory skill, it still rewards patience over strategy or reflexes or whatever else might be developed.

3

Why should we require them to come to a complete stop?” I would make the same argument for a human with gamer-level twitch reflexes and high-level situation awareness.

4

They trend towards accomplishing this with fear and social exploitation (shiny, sexy things) because these play to your un-ignorable biological reflexes..." Better: "Advertising that manipulates people on a subconscious level should be illegal.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use reflexes in a sentence?

Let us take advantage of our natural reflexes by mapping code to more than just text and syntax highlighting.

What does reflexes mean?

An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.

What part of speech is reflexes?

reflexes is commonly used as noun.