rear-view mirror
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈrɪrˌvjuː ˈmɪrər/
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espejo retrovisor
- She adjusted the rear-view mirror before starting the car to get a better view of the traffic behind her.
- glanced in the rear-view mirror
- look in the rear-view mirror
- check the rear-view mirror
And that's why the rear view mirror is a display with a camera.
- And that's why the rear view mirror is a display with a camera.
- One other thing this car doesn't have is an interior rear view mirror.
- So to know where a car is, for instance, is a lot different than knowing if it's rear view mirror or side mirror is closer to you.
- That's a reason for it because all the rear view mirror does is allows you to see what you've passed and to prevent what you've passed from coming up on you again.
- And I don't think anybody, yeah, it's all in the rear view Mirror Now as it should be.
- And not that I'm not still moving fast, but I look at my peripheral, I'm looking at my rear view mirrors slowing down.
- The real solution is the key caps with the reverse lettering and built in rear view mirrors.
- And then they took me and then I was watching her, the rear view mirror as she disappeared, getting smaller and smaller.
- I is it, oh, the God, I mean, what's really near the, the car is really near the, the rear view mirror.
- But if you go back rear view mirror, like do you think he got a raw deal at this point?
Examples
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Most of the time, we can't see them until they're in our rear-view mirror.
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Look in your rear-view mirror.
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I used to watch him in the rear view mirror.
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I read a sign once above the rear view mirror of my old school bus.
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And keep checking your rear view mirror.
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You can look in the rear-view mirror, every now and then, if you like.
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Lisa drives fast, checking her rear-view mirror to make sure she's not being followed.
Fiction book (2001) -
Annie, in sunglasses, shifts her attention between the road and her rear-view mirror, checking on Grace.
Fiction book (1998) -
The cabbie trembles with fear, looks in his rear-view mirror as he speeds away.
Fiction book (1997) -
Lloyd keeps glancing at her in the rear-view mirror, but for a moment he is speechless.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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2.8
A piece of glass inside a car that lets the driver see behind through the back window
A mirror on a car that lets the driver see behind and to the side
How Wide
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2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
rear-view + mirror
The meaning is directly compositional: 'rear-view' (a view to the rear/behind) modifies 'mirror' (a reflective surface), so it describes a mirror that shows what is behind the vehicle. This is a transparent, descriptive compound following normal modifier+noun patterns found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will understand it.
Etymology
Rear-view mirror comes from a simple picture: it is a mirror that gives a rear view, showing what is 'behind' the car. That's why the name means the mirror inside a car that lets the driver see what is behind them.